Microrobotics is a very promising branch of robotics. Robots are now capable of assembling mechanical devices and performing biotechnological work.
Robot ants
SRI INTERNATIONAL has developed microrobots, a video presentation of which could be seen at the BestRoboFest festival 2018 in the river, more details at the link https://korrespondent.net/tech/technews/3981870-maks-poliakov-yz-Noosphere-vydyt-yskrennyi-ynteres-detei-k-BestRoboFest-2018 . Their main feature is the ability to perform tasks together. Robots work well with microchips, assemble strong structures and produce electrical reactions. Not all functions of the new robot ants have been announced. The developers hope, that robots will gain the ability to reproduce their own kind, which opens up an unprecedented horizon for new opportunities.
The presentation featured the collective work of thousands of robotic ants. The main task is to obtain a system, which is gradually growing. This development is already superior to any analogues on the market. These developments can be used in medicine and microengineering.
Initially, the development was carried out by SRI INTERNATIONAL. But a few years ago, the US Department of Defense took this project under its wing.. Developments have already reached that level, when company employees start sharing results, research and future developments. maybe, this is the very project that the employees of SRI INTERNATIONAL have been so carefully protecting for the past few years.
Engineers compare their creation to a colony of ants. As in a real colony, ants are divided into types depending on their specialty.. The dimensions of one such robot are 1 cu/mm. So far, SRI INTERNATIONAL engineers are making each individual robot by hand. And at the same time they cherish the hope of a self-reproducing colony. For now, the role of the “uterus” is played by a 3D printer. The colony can be programmed, so that each individual robot performs a specific task or everyone does the same thing.
Areas of application of microrobots.
Medicine
The best option for using nanorobots is medicine. With the help of this technology, it will be possible to urgently deliver drugs directly to the body's cells and destroy foreign bodies and cancerous tumors.. Any genetic disorders will be destroyed at the molecular level. Operations will take place at the cellular level.
The following robots are being created for the timely detection of diseases. This industry will allow medicine to develop at an accelerated pace. The secrets of our body will become accessible and subject to study, and therefore the solution.
Robots currently find the following applications in micromedicine::
- Transport of medications directly to an organ or organ system.
- Strengthening the immune system and combating allergies and their manifestations.
- Microsurgery with minimal damage to living or non-infected tissue.
- Early detection of heart disease.
- Optimal introduction of vaccines into the body using robots.
Nowadays, the use of robots to combat cancer has been recorded..
