biohybrid

Essentially this means something that has both biological and non-biological components.  There are two standout areas in which biohybrid materials are advancing — medicine and robotics.  In both contexts the non-biological material provides support and protection to the biological materials, the latter having the functions of sensing, synthesis, secretion, etc. which promote particular outcomes in living cells and help to assemble biological systems.

The biohybrid robot is the goal of the future, the biological material giving the robot the power to sense its environment and adapt to it in real time.  These robot machines can have living muscles, allowing for greater movement and greater control.  Apparently the king oyster mushroom, specifically its rootlike threads, is capable of producing electrical signals in response to light that can activate a robot. We may not have created a real Terminator yet but with the help of the mushrooms we are on the way.

The verb from biohybrid is to biohybridise, and the noun from that is biohybridisation.