A new blob-like robot described in the journal Advanced Robotics uses springs, feet, “protoplasm” and a distributed nervous system to move in a manner inspired by the slime mold Physarum polycepharum, Technology Review Mims’s Bits reports.

Ref.: Umedachi, Takuya et al., Fluid-Filled Soft-Bodied Amoeboid Robot Inspired by Plasmodium of True Slime Mold, Advanced Robotics, 2012 [DOI: 10.1163/156855312X626316]