New breakthrough!
China has always been one of the most developed countries all over the world, and even nowadays it never stops surprising us. Moreover, it is one of the most progressive countries, which invents new technologies concerning medicine and robotic technologies. Sometimes, they are combining them in order to achieve new levels of “Healing people”. They are the triggers of progress in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, and one such breakthrough will be described in this article.
Tiny helper?
The team working at the State Key Laboratory Robotics in Shenyang has successfully turned a gas bubble in water into a microrobot, which can perform serious enough operations on a very small scale with 99% accuracy. This robot is capable of doing certain tasks in the water environment. For instance, it can be beneficial while cloning or modifying an embryo located in its original environment.
Could you imagine an extremely tiny bubble, which has a size of some micrometers wide? This little “thing” can save someone’s future life, and this is only one example of using this technology.
For a better understanding, 1 micrometer is 10*10^(-5) centimeters.
Originally, It was created to help scientists, who always work with small objects under a microscope, with doing researches. These scientists always struggle with handling, moving and doing various operations on microscopical elements. In most cases, the majority of these tiny objects are damaged during the researches. This is the main reason why these “Tiny helpers” were created.
With the help of the laser, people generate high temperatures, forming a bubble. The beam movement is followed by the bubble bot. That’s how scientists control this “Tiny helper”.
It was estimated, that these bots cannot live for long. During a couple of minutes, it remains stable, and scientists are capable of manipulating microstructures.
Despite the fact that this technology is still in the early developed stage, scientists believe that it has enormous potential.
They say: “The micro-bubble robot… can be useful for tissue transplants, regenerative medicine, and biological research”
Due to this breakthrough, cloning and transplantation of artificial organs will no longer be a fiction, and all these things will become trivial soon.
What do you think, will these robots change the accustomed way or conducting surgical operations?
Sources:
https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3035953/china-scientists-bubble-breakthrough-creates-micro-robot-tiny
WoW! How did you even find this gem! That is so cool! Though, I am kind of confused about “being stable” part. Like, do they have a short lifespan when they can be used ?
Yeah, they have a very short lifespan, and that bubble-bot can be used just a couple of minutes. Now it is used when scientists need to move some parts of microscopical elements under a microscope. But I think, their lifespan will be increased soon, and these robots will be used for completing more complicated tasks.