Amoeba proteus is the scientific name a species of giant amoeba of fresh water. It talks each other of an organism formed by only one cell eucariota that is characterized by his changeable form and by his locomotion by means of pseudópodos, that also it uses to capture food (fagocitosis). Amoeba derives from the Greek term amoib ē and means 'change'. The epithet proteus alludes to Proteo, the marine god of the Greek mythology that had the aptitude to transform and to change form.
Imitating the movement of this organism, American engineers of the Laboratory of Robotics and Mechanics of Polytechnic school Virginia TechSi have managed to develop a new locomotion model for robots that does not use paws you do not even roll, to that they have baptized ChIMERA (acronym of Chemically Induced Motion Everting Robotic Amoeba).
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