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Cell-sized robots - Syncells
October 28 , 2018
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- MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) scientists, have developed a method to mass produce robots the size of a cell named “Syncells” (synthetic cells).
- These robots could be used to monitor the interior of an oil or gas pipeline, or to detect disease in the bloodstream.
- Syncells can be produced in large quantities by controlling the natural fracturing process of atomically-thin, brittle materials.
- The process, called “autoperforation”, directs the fracture lines so that they produce miniscule pockets of a predictable size and shape.
- Inside these pockets electronic circuits and materials are embedded to collect data.
- The outer structure of syncells if formed by a two-dimensional form of carbon called graphene.
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