美國加利福利亞大學伯克利分校（the University of California, Berkeley）的生物物理學家Jan Liphardt和他的同事研究組聲稱現在我們有條件去發明細菌型的微生物機器人，研究人員將這種細菌型的微生物機器人稱作“生物機器人”（biobot），zhezhongxinxingjiqirenkeyibangzhuwomenwanchengnaxieduiwomenlaishuoshifenkunnandegongzuo。zhegexiangfajiushijianlijingjianbanbendexijun，zhiyongzugoudejiyinransetizuquzhixingmouxietedingderenwu

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