# Living Muscle Can Power Robots That Heal Themselves by Ritu Raman > "We believe that biohybrid robots powered by living muscle could one day perform delicate jobs like exploring environments too fragile or unpredictable for conventional hardware, because living tissue is soft, responsive to its surroundings, and can heal itself." > **— Ritu Raman**, *Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through watery maze, September 29, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication:** [Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through watery maze](https://news.mit.edu/2026/powered-by-muscle-cells-paper-thin-robot-swims-through-watery-maze-0929) — published September 29, 2026. - **Exact published statement:** “We believe that biohybrid robots powered by living muscle could one day perform delicate jobs like exploring environments too fragile or unpredictable for conventional hardware, because living tissue is soft, responsive to its surroundings, and can heal itself.” - **Context and evidence boundary:** Raman described the prospective use of MIT's paper-thin biohybrid swimming robot after the team demonstrated locomotion powered by a single layer of light-responsive muscle cells. - **Weekly source dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] preserves the selection rationale and the other authoritative statements reviewed in the same production cycle. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Longevity Escape Velocity|Longevity Escape Velocity]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Ritu Raman|Ritu Raman]] - [[wiki/Biological Moonshots|Biological Moonshots]] - [[wiki/Genome Engineering|Genome Engineering]] - [[wiki/Cellular Digital Twins|Cellular Digital Twins]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We believe that biohybrid robots powered by living muscle could one day perform delicate jobs like exploring environments too fragile or unpredictable for conventional hardware, because living tissue is soft, responsive to its surroundings, and can heal itself." — Ritu Raman, Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through watery maze, September 29, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-raman-living-muscle-can-power-robots-that-heal ```