Scientists say xenobots, world's first living robots, can reproduce | TheHill - The Hill

The scientists from the University of Vermont, Tufts University and Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering published research on Monday saying they discovered a new type of biological reproduction different from any other known plant or animal species, according to a press release published by the Wyss Institute.

"People have thought for quite a long time that we’ve worked out all the ways that life can reproduce or replicate.

But this is something that’s never been observed before," said Douglas Blackiston, Ph.D., a senior scientist at Tufts University and the Wyss Institute who worked on the study.