The miniaturization of this technology may prove vital in the future.
A recent article, published in the digital media Science Robotics, shows us how the robotics can reach heights still unexplored, creating wits that barely happen to be the size of the head of an ant. The microrobots that we will show you next, as you can see in the attached image, they have a tiny size, being this one between 100 and 250 micrometers. By the way, since Urban Techno We have already shown you other robots that are as small as a fly and can be cleverly controlled.
Microbot, hairs and the latest batch of miniature technology
The robots that have been manufactured by researchers of the Cornell University have brains electronics that work through solar energy and, in addition, they have a system of autonomous movement, which allow them not to need to be controlled externally. In most cases, when researchers are faced with the challenge of making such tiny robots walk, jump or walk, they run into the problem of having to connect them, either physically or through lasers. Michael Reynoldsresearcher and postdoctoral student, it states that:
Before, we literally had to manipulate these ‘threads’ to get any response from the robot. But now that we have these CMOS brains, it’s like pulling the strings off the puppet. It’s like when Pinocchio becomes aware.
The brain mentioned above is a CMOS circuitbut the progress of this research does not focus so much on the abilities of the circuit itself, but on how the set has been designed so that consume little energy. Each circuit, the brain of the microrobot, has a height of 15 micrometers and has been used for the creation of three types of robots: the Purcell botwith two legs, a ant bot six legs and a bot dog four-legged, capable of varying its speed.
The implications who has the power to dispose of such small robots, with the capacity to transmit and receive information it’s really hopeful. Michael Reynoldsin statements collected in the article published on the Cornell University website, ensures that:
We can imagine highly functional microscopic robots that have a high degree of programmability, integrating not only actuators, but also sensors. We’re excited about applications in medicine, something that can move between tissues identifying good cells and killing bad cells, or in environmental repair, being able to have a robot that breaks down pollutants or senses dangerous chemicals and gets rid of them. .