Tools That Single-Celled Creatures Can Use Have Been Produced

In a cartoon called Generator Rex, which was very popular in our country for a while, our main character could use various powers with the nano robots in his body. In fact, the basis of this idea was found in 1959 by the famous theoretical physicist Richard Feynman’s theories It was based. Feynman suggested that swarms of microbots floating in blood could be used to deliver drugs and repair internal organs.

After a gap of 65 years, scientists discovered these microbots to make it real It’s one step closer. Engineers from the University of Tokyo have developed a method that can enable microscopic structures to operate without the need for external power.

cars of cells

Under normal conditions, structures in the blood are dragged due to the flow rate of the blood. Microbots In order to work, it must be able to resist this flow. Single-celled, free-moving creatures were paired with small structures resembling horse-drawn carriages.

Researchers in Japan have identified fish with high swimming ability to resist blood flow. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii used green algae. These structures, which are only 10 micrometers wide, can attract objects five times their size. According to the statement made by the designers, this is an important discovery for new machines.

this algin for consumption by humans There is no problem. The creature, which has two flagella, can move and choose its direction. These structures can reach speeds of 100 micrometers per second.