# This Lab-Grown Organism Has No Eyes but Can See

- slug: this-lab-grown-organism-has-no-eyes-but-can-see
- date: 2026-04-02
- category: Robotics

No eyes, no retina, no optic nerve. But the cells in these living robots turned on the genes for vision anyway. Scientists grew neurobots from frog embryos and found something evolution left behind.

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