Engineers have created a new type of robot that places living fungi behind the controls.The biohybrid robot uses electrical signals from an edible type of mushroom called a king trumpet in order to move around and sense its environment.Developed by an interdisciplinary team from Cornell University in the US and Florence University in Italy, the machine could herald a new era of living robotics.“Living systems respond to touch, they respond to light, they respond to heat, they respond to even som...