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Scientists turned dead spiders into robots

In a new field dubbed “necrobotics,” researchers used dead arachnids to clutch objects

three sequence images of a syringe stuck in a dead wolf spider as it picks up a spider corpse

A syringe stuck into a dead wolf spider turns it into a “necrobot” gripper strong enough to pick up another spider corpse.

 

T.F. Yap and coauthors

By Asa Stahl

- More than 2 years ago

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Scientists have literally reanimated dead spiders to do their bidding.