It is not easy to show the operation of some types of robot, especially those who see their size reduced to the minimum expression. The sciencefortunately for the human being, is living a communion with the technology which makes it possible for inventions that until recently were worthy of science fiction movies to now become a reality. If you want to meet a robot willing to help people with fertility problemspay attention to the video that has gone viral in recent days.
This type of robotsby the way, they are counted by tens in laboratories from all over the world and have similar objectives to the one that stars in this story, focused on the medicine modern. For example, from Urban Tecno, we have already told you about the robot that can climb through your guts like an insect, but it has good intentions.
Sperm drivers have reached assisted reproduction
The Tweet that we show you on these lines is quite enlightening about the operation of the so-called spermbot. A team of researchers from Germany Institute for Integrative Nanosciences has published an article in the digital magazine ACS Publications explaining how its ‘driving robot’ works. The objective main of the robot is get those vague sperm get to the Ovum to be able to take the first step in procreation, something that has already been achieved in the laboratoryalthough tests in humans will still take time to arrive.
A nanobot picks up a lazy sperm by the tail and inseminates an egg with it, by the German Institute for Integrative Nanosciences. pic.twitter.com/I7C1lvq5xV
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The robot, as you can see, is a metal propeller who manages to move through the rotation of a magnetic field. While making the move, the propeller get catch the spermexcept the head, and can propel himself, while pulling him to reach the ovum. The team of researchers is in charge of the movement of the Spermbot, inserting it into the egg until the tail ends up entering completely.
The sperm used so far is bovine origin and that is why even the investigation continues, given that the human body sometimes rejects external elements. The equipmenton the research website, ensures that:
Unfortunately, and similar to many promising applications in biomedical engineering, it seems there is still a long wait to go from artificially motorized, monitored sperm delivery to actual fertilization. Even so, this work serves to demonstrate a new approach to artificial reproduction, which is, in principle, applicable ‘in vivo’ and would allow us to avoid all the complications that arise.