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Leiden's Brainless 3D-Printed Microrobots Wriggles Like Living Cells

In a Dutch lab, bots the size of cells start crawling when zapped—no chips, no motors, just clever shapes. But after 20 years watching tech promises, I'm asking: medicine breakthrough or another lab toy?

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