Press
Our introduction of computer-designed organisms (and subsequent discovery of their kinematic replication) triggered considerable global media attention and a tidal wave of public discourse, still ongoing, among scientists in several fields, science communicators, and the public.
Here's a sample of the press coverage:
NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/science/xenobots-robots-frogs-xenopus.html
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/13/scientists-use-stem-cells-from-frogs-to-build-first-living-robots
Discover Mag: https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/part-robot-part-frog-xenobots-are-the-first-robots-made-from-living-cells
The Week: https://theweek.com/articles/957485/big-scientific-breakthroughs-2020
WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/11/30/living-robots-reproduction-study/
NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060027395/robots-xenobots-living-self-replicating-copy
BBC Science Focus: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/living-robots-that-are-capable-of-self-replicating-created-in-us-lab/
More press about CDOs here: https://cdorgs.github.io/press
More press about KROs here: https://krorgs.github.io/press