Miniature robot can move around freely inside on-chip laboratories

United States Duke University scientists said they had recently successfully devised a micro robot, this machine the size of a few microns in size, you can still smaller than the tip to the stage to dance with the music.

Miniature robot dancing on the tip

After Duke University computer experts of many years of continuous research, there is no clear control system of micro-robot now to demonstrate its own superb action.

Duke University computer and biological chemistry professor Bruce-Donald said, assembled and control this one micro robot too amazing. Each miniature robots are made of pressure on the plate, but they are only a few microns. They want to designed than previous small micro-robots, near hundred times is lighter in weight. This robot was previously known as micro-electric system robot that can carry out tasks such as moving about within the chip laboratories. According to the research team produced video, two miniature robots as Strauss Waltz dance music, but their stage but only 1 mm. In another segment, as long as this micro robot broom-like arm and touch the surface, they are in a very compact manner rotated just like spam Sweeper scavenging.

New study summary describes the most recent results: five micro robot in the same control system of collective action.

Donald research group in a report to be published in their work the first time enables a set of multiple Cordless miniature robots control. As for the scientists is how to achieve this "micro-integration", forthcoming in the latest issue of the journal of micro-electric system will publish their details. This micro-robots are so small, because they don't have to connect to the external control system. Using microchip technology manufacturing of this robot, as part of the voltage is different, they "everybody" on the same "global control signal" reactions. Donald said that global control like cells inside the protein reaction to chemical signals. Donald also have used computer algorithm graduate objects biochemical reaction process. In the new research report, Donald's team to demonstrate such a curtain, because of the size and flexibility are different, and five miniature robots can pre-scheduled good way forward, turn around and around.

Since 1992, Donald has been involved in research on a number of sections of microscale robot.

He first worked at Cornell University, then at Stanford University and Dartmouth University work, and finally you come to Duke University. The oldest miniature robot is modeled on microbial Cilia, this robot can be "such as micro-chip mobile" and other actions. Donald said that they had been in the area of 1 square inch on placed over 1.5 million Silicon Cilia. In the previous publication of issue of the journal of micro-electric system, Donald, who talked about was that micro robot: approximately 60 microns wide, 250 microns long, 10 micron high power comes from the work surface of the charged object. Through a "scratch" type of dynamic drive, this miniature robots can Looper in surface movement, they step in only 10 to 20 billion minutes of m, but one that can left 2 million clock.

In the medical field applications

United States scientists Lei-Dokuz Weir said, miniature robots will be the first application in medical field, and the traditional concept of artificial intelligence will be thoroughly Subversion.

Lei-Dokuz Weir believes that the present technological level has reached the stage of the production of micro-robots, United States scientists and European scientists have successfully developed for human vascular treatment of micro-robot, in the near future will produce can capillaries in the movement of the robot. And this movement in the capillaries of the emergence of micro-robots will completely change the traditional understanding of the concept of artificial intelligence. Because this kind of movement through the capillaries, the robot can enter through the capillaries, the human brain, the robot can control human brain cells so that more advanced operations, reach a whole new concept of "artificial intelligence".

Scientists had believed that the bottleneck of artificial intelligence robot is micro-computer chip operation speed to adapt the volume of the robot, but it can in the capillaries in the movement of the robot is the successful application of the latest computer chip, and the human brain with to handle demanding operations, resolve the contradiction between the volume and speed.

Particularly in the human brain to "smart match" the future of artificial intelligence concept--robots smart fusion with the human brain, human-computer-in-one. Now scientists through the existing 5 scanning technology, the making of the first humans to see the brain generates thought processes and intelligent structure. Scientists collected, the brain data established for more about the human brain model for robot intelligence and integration of the human brain.

In addition, the latest supercomputer more than billion times per second the calculation speed, sufficient in the future when I scan all areas of the brain, even beyond the operation of the human brain cells.

Eventually these artificial intelligence robot using intelligent terminal will be smarter than human beings, able to biotic and abiotic combine the advantages of smart. While many scientists worry that this is the machine intelligence and exotic invasive, is a kind of human civilization. However, the robot, after all, is human. Currently, the United States scientists are trying to bring micro robot into the blood vessels. Nano-robots like human white blood cells, for specific pathogens wireless download software, in a few seconds of time can destroy pathogens, and the body's white blood cells to spend several hours in order to destroy pathogens. Scientists believe that the future use of the same principle of micro-artificial intelligence-robots can enter through the capillaries, the brain control and influence the human brain. They will enhance human cognitive function, to actually extend the human brain.