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Flocks of nanorobots could form artificial muscles

07-Feb-2018

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DNA nanobots can already perform complex tasks.

Biomolecular motors designed to form tightly packed swarms forming lines or circles.

The robots are modified microtubules around 25nm in diameter.

After an hour five million microtubules will have formed swarms.

Able to turn off and on with UV light.

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Akinori Kuzuya

Professor in Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering at Kansai University.

Akira Kakugo

Professor in Department of Chemistry at Hokkaido University.

Hokkaido University

Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido.

Kansai University

Private non-sectarian and coeducational university in Suita, Osaka, Japan.

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Artificial Organs