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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News-Italian Institute of Technology) in collaboration with the University of Freiburg have developed a biohybrid robot, which consist s of a flour-based capsule created using 3D microfabrication techniques, and two natural appendages from oat fruit capable of moving in response to air humidity . Named HybriBot, this new device can accommodate natural seeds from different p lants, serving as a biodegradable vector for reforestation. The research group h as already conducted positive tests with tomato, chicory, and willow herb seeds, the latter being one of bees' favorite flowers, from which the plants germinate d. A patent application has been filed for the invention. HybriBot has been described in a paper recently published in the international s cientific journal Advanced Materials; it is born within the framework of the Eur opean project i-Seed coordinated by Barbara Mazzolai, Associate Director for Rob otics at the IIT, and the innovation ecosystem RAISE (Robotics and AI for Socio- economic Empowerment) funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan in Ita ly.
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