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March of the microscopic robots

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Published 26 Aug 2020

Building robots at the micron scale is tricky, particularly when it comes to designing small-scale ‘actuators’ – the motors that allow robots to move. Conventional actuators don’t work at such a small scale, and new actuators that do work use mechanisms like magnetism and are difficult to integrate with traditional silicon based micro-electronics. Now a team of researchers have developed a new type of actuator that operates electronically and that can be layered directly onto the circuit that controls it. This opens the doors for the last 50 years of micro-electronics research to be incorporated into robots so small they can’t be seen by the human eye. Read the paper in full https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2626-9 Sign up for the Nature Briefing: An essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday: https://go.nature.com/371OcVF

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@dziban3034 years ago Fighting cancer? Sure but in the meantime fight that paramecium, i' d pay to watch that. 2023
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@TheRealColdfire3 years ago In theory, nano-tech seems like a truly awesome advancement for science. In reality, nano-tech is dangerous in the wrong hands, and unfortunately, there' s . ...Expand 693
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@bobstringer98093 years ago If we are seeing this; that means they have something better. 2050
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@kenhalinmckay54383 years ago When you start to put the pieces together, you see the sinister outcome. 664
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@jackhammer37083 years ago I like how he says " can be injected with a hypodermic needle" 1395
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@deadmanlyndon3 years ago When i first started watching tv, if i heard " decades away " i' d be like yeh, decades away, but if they are showing it, then that means this is lvl one and they' re already on lvl 100. 232
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@stevew61413 years ago Funny how this just popped up. I thought it was graphite in the jab but this opens new possibilities scarier than i imagined. 486
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@idk831532 years ago Nanomachines son! They harden in response to physical trauma! 26
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@notsurewhattobelieve29903 years ago They seem to be obscenely obsessed with getting everyone jabbed atm. Trying to create a two tier society. Citizens and outcasts. 474
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@busterhoodstar44473 years ago When he says, " that could be decades away" he' s only telling us part of the sentence. The rest of the sentence would be; " before they . ...Expand 306
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@senimanbahadur68114 years ago Virus: who' s the new guy
nano machine: wiggle
antibodies: confused. 859
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@makismakiavelis57183 years ago I' m sure some dude in darpa has already figured out a way to weaponize this like, 20 years ago. 425
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@MatheusRcDm4 years ago This feels like an intro scene to an robot/zombie apocalypse movie. 544
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@sjeezy10193 years ago The problem with this stuff is the people that control it want to use it to hurt and monitor us rather then help and advance us. 162
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@NeoRipshaft4 years ago I' ll have to check out the paper, i can only hope they named it something like swiggity swoogity motility on nanometer scale using optical stimulatedlithography". 288
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@HAIRz1003 years ago I just luv it how when a new bit of kit is shown someone always says " in the future, it could be used to fight cancer. But thats decades away" like they want to cure it and help us. Always used against us. 105
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@rock3tcatU2334 years ago
We finally have twerking microbots, what a time to be alive! 843
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@pathwalker28674 years ago Terminator theme plays Microbot to paramecium: "I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle" 132
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@kirbywaite15863 years ago Research " smart dust" some time. Amazing polly was kicked off of the tubes for talking about it in great detail. 71
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@ninc3d3m0n42 years ago " don' t f* with this senator" 10
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@stevenbrown78523 years ago Since the 80s nano technology has been rapidlywe are seeing now has already been in use for decades. 82
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@OlivierChacornac4 years ago I' m gonna post that in an anti-vaccine group just to make them freak out. 4520
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@rottengroton79803 years ago Another fun brain teaser, no pun intended. Could you theoretically put nano-bots in, and on, the end of test swabs for said application purposes. 12
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@nicholashylton68574 years ago As richard feynman once said, plenty of room at the bottom. ". 126
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@Ego.monster3 years ago So, if they are disclosing this today that means we already have way better stuff available. Let that sink in for a minute. 10
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@rahvavaenlane4 years ago We just can' t wait to make every dystopian fantasy real? 428
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@jennifermedeiros47903 years ago He said they attach graphene to the platinum. Graphene oxide is an ingredient in the pfizer jab.
something to consider. 327
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@hunters.dicicco14104 years ago " damn i' m thirsty. Oh hey a glass of water-quot;
drink that there are nanobots in there " 290
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@FerHivore4 years ago Christ, its terrifying to think of having those things injected into you! And having translucent skin and standing still while somebody shines a laser through your skin to move the robots! 76
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@footfault19414 years ago This soon would be reviewed with nostalgia. Amazing! 56
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@seraphim75123 years ago 10 years out? Yeah right, this tech is 20 years behind. 8
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@ilovedragons1234 years ago Despite being so simplistic, this is remarkable. 14
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@e.z.hernandez63783 years ago Decades away means nothing when everything we know, that they tell us about is over 40 years old. 28
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@doce12md4 years ago You' re wasting a great opportunity to make them march to star wars " imperial march" 300
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@dragonmastertheedgeking15952 years ago Dibs on being the cyborg ninja who fights the senator! 4
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@annamarie27543 years ago Believe the science! We are gonna science ourselves right out of existence. 7
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@DickVanNiggz3 years ago Thats trippy given the current shortage of semi conductors in the car/electronics industry 7
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@Stephen_Eee3 years ago These are just the ones bill gates allows us to know about. 26
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@CherylMotherofSeven2 years ago Whatever theyus, means they are already 25-50 years ahead. Soo. 7
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@t0mskyyyyy4 years ago Tardigrade: " oh look, they send me a new car! " 80
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@ronnieparker17814 years ago Soo much potential! Im sure you can get very creative with a tool like this. 4
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@futavadumnezo4 years ago Everybody: oh lawd dem evil machines gon' kill us!
me: maximum armor.
me: cloak engaged. 11
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@danielchettiar56703 years ago This is the kind of shit that freaks me out. Theories" coming true. 104
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@rtstm4 years ago Thanks for making this video, i appreciate the knowledge. 7
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@justdone10683 years ago Yep, i use to use microscopes to work on microscopic printed circuit boards. So when all of this was introduced to the public. Well my brain filled with all of thequite scary to think about. 7
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@gabrielirlanda4 years ago John bacteria: i saw an alien, believe me.
paul bacteria: yeea, ssure. 10
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@ThePineTreesBand3 years ago Can' t really say decades anymore. One breakthrough with today' s technology can make development go exponential. Things don' t take decades anymore. . ...Expand 10
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@psychology.easysteps.46783 years ago The time when all the pieces of the puzzle has come together , they can be injected 5
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@therealjuuha3 years ago This is what we know. Imagine what the tech is like that they are not telling us about. 39
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@samzo39444 years ago Bruce: " where did that come from? "
tony: " it' s nanotech, do you like it? " 2
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@trstquint71143 years ago Next and final step: make them self repairing and multiplying. Recipe for doomsday. 44
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@economykho28454 years ago Conspiracy theorists: yes we were right. 142
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@DJLemonJuice4 years ago This is exciting and terrifying at the same time. 6
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@kushalrajput58324 years ago " i' m already smelling the blueprints of iron man nano suits. " me(an idiot)2020. 9
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@bjosch43653 years ago This is in the c 1 9 v axx
it will be activated at some point for a specific purpose.
refuse! 6
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@michaelbannerman-roberts15183 years ago Current efforts to train people are the first step;
take a jab as being
" normal and
second step; bond the populus to ai via nanobots.
third step; pacify recalcitrants.
even blind freddie could see this coming but we all walked straight into it. ...Expand 41
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@eugenewii4 years ago Robots with freaking lasers in their heads. 36
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@44godson9 months ago Amazing engineering feats accomplished. We will get there. 1
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@coffee_drinker2912last year I had a friend that was accidentally injected with these. Anytime a flashlight was shined on his body, he would start break dancing. 1
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@madmike_93434 years ago Its kind of interesting how old tec is used in new tec, thermo expansion. Either way pretty cool. 3
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@lenorejgreed31893 years ago The 5 g radio waves will make them do what the government needs them to do. 62
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@blorfenburger4 years ago Nano machines? Metal gear?
you' re that ninja. 6
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@JW-um5pg4 years ago We' ve surpassed the jetsons future. It just looks different than what we thought. 5
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@moodmaker27964 years ago Does someone know how intense the light has to be in order to create a reaction? 5
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@monicamiranda8903 years ago Because we are watching it publicly means this technology is decades old. 5
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@jacev94514 years ago Paramecium: welcome to the microbial spittoon how tough are ya?
reply) 2
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@El_Presidente_53374 years ago I first thaugt that the footage at the beginning was like 50 years old and wondered what the hell i else missed. 8
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@bashergamer_4 years ago Cant wait for the corona vs micro bots boxing match! 4
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@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi40654 years ago I wish i' ll be alive to see where this goes! 37
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@prismarinestars74714 years ago Imagine youre just going about your life as a paramecium and then you see this guy booping along. 7
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@deanmaypole42583 years ago Wowza!
good to know something that small is being, well could be produced and injected. 1
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@eno_one41064 years ago Tony stark: " it' s nano tech, you liked it? " 4
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@brucebaxter69234 years ago Nice.
with a polarising filter on the front and back all it would take is a spinning polarised light source to make them all swim at once no matter its location or orientation. 4
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@Room-qy6md3 years ago This could be interesting:
build a bigger robot, tear it apart und make the pieces in a way that they can recombine to the big structure when the make millions or billions of the same part and inject them into the target and the chance is big that some of the pieces will recombine to the big structures. ...Expand 2
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@cmj20723 years ago The technology is 20 years ahead of what this is telling you. It' s can do all those things and more and is doing it. 33
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@artifactland694 years ago Nice vid, turning platlets into robots is impressive too, especially if we can do some ant-man stuff with that. 1
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@TimeisKey19863 years ago Swarms of robots so small they can be injected.
nah i' m good. 5
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@MukWongDeso4 years ago Imagine paramaecium and bacteria stick together to destroy the nano robot. 27
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@izkh4lif44 years ago Imagine being on the battlefield, ur buddy steps on a mine and loses his leg, but, instead of applying a tourniquet, you open a ziplock bag of these tiny robots, and pour it on the wound, instantly stopping the bleeding. 3
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@kaipo66324 years ago This technology is far more advanced then what we are seeing. A good example is in a 1984 book on microchip: small wonder by charlene w billings. It show . ...Expand 10
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@danielhanawalt49983 years ago Was thinking years ago after reading an article in a magazine, popular science i think, about nano tech. I wondered if it could be used to cure cancer . ...Expand 6
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@Rivagara4 years ago Fantastic, the evolution that we still are going to see.
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@waspoppin47844 years ago Theyre surprisingly cute
look at them lil arms go. 49
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@pnuema1.6183 years ago Imagine a billion of these crawling in your lungs reeking havoc and then leaving before the autopsy. This is a weapon as much as a tool to help fight immune issues. 2
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@Madabasto4 years ago Bravo! That' s pretty epic achievement.
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@eleventhprimarch53034 years ago Awesome! How long until we get the grey goo? I can' t wait! 2
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@telthatruth75333 years ago Whats put on the tips of those cue tips being placed far in the back of the nose, towards the brain of those tested for covid? Not just the jabs alone you have to be suspicious of! 11
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@salted64224 years ago I imagine my body being like that cat sitting at the table licking itself asking; " what the f*ck was that? The f*ck is this? " when more developed . ...Expand 6
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@RAVE_ZERO4 years ago The problem here is that you need to focus and track the laser directly on the tiny module, which is not practical under surfaces, especially if there . ...Expand 1
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@BCJerbs3 years ago Anyone else thinking about " sharks with frickin lazers" lol cuz i sure am! Neat video! Cheers, jerbs.
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@javis99502 years ago Oh now this is thrillingly terrifying. 1