"Vine-Inspired Robot Navigates Disaster Zones with Self-Assembling Abilities"
Researchers have developed a robot named FiloBot that grows like a vine in response to stimuli such as light and pressure, with its body elongating by just a few millimeters each minute. Inspired by plants, this technology could be useful in search-and-rescue missions and navigating unpredictable environments, potentially avoiding disturbing unstable wreckage in scenarios like collapsed buildings. The slow growth rate and plant-like features make it suitable for such applications, and it could also form the basis of self-building infrastructure.