An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Cornell University in the US and the University of Florence in Italy took steps to find out, putting a culture of the edible mushroom species *Pleurotus eryngii* (also known as the king oyster mushroom) in control of a pair of vehicles, which can twitch and roll across a flat surface.
Through a series of experiments, the researchers showed it was possible to use the mushroom’s electrophysiological activity as a means of translating environmental cues into directives, which could, in turn, be used to drive a mechanical device’s movements.
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Summary (because this is a weird one!):
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Cornell University in the US and the University of Florence in Italy took steps to find out, putting a culture of the edible mushroom species *Pleurotus eryngii* (also known as the king oyster mushroom) in control of a pair of vehicles, which can twitch and roll across a flat surface.
Through a series of experiments, the researchers showed it was possible to use the mushroom’s electrophysiological activity as a means of translating environmental cues into directives, which could, in turn, be used to drive a mechanical device’s movements.
Read the peer-reviewed research here: [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adk8019](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adk8019)
Holy schnitzels, lol this is the idea behind a sci-fi story I’ve been meaning to write for some time.
Make sci-fi FI again!
Was this created because they haven’t been able to take human brains over like they do with insects? So they can attack us in different forms?
Do you want Daleks? Because this is how you get Daleks!