http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-03/video-slime-mold-inspires-new-autonomous-undulating-soft-robot

"A creepy new pulsating robot can ooze across a surface and pick its own path autonomously, using feedback from its ooze controls without requiring a smart command center. It’s modeled after slime mold, which can also make decisions without any sort of neural network."