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Named FiloBot, it is the work of the Bioinspired Soft Robotics Laboratory at the Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genova.

FiloBot it builds its own stem-like body, up to several metres long, curving it permanently in response to light, dark or gravity, and it can also vary the strength of its body depending on its environment.

