ETH Zurich engineers have created a magnetically controllable cilia carpet that can move like a millipede. Watch the following video.
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Gu H, Boehler Q, Cui H, Secchi E, Savorana G, De Marco C, Gervasoni S, Peyron Q, Huang TY, Pane S, Hirt AM, Ahmed D, Nelson BJ: Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 2637, doi: external page 10.1038/s41467-020-16458-4