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Development of a Sperm‐Flagella Driven Micro‐Bio‐Robot
Author(s) -
Magdanz Veronika,
Sanchez Samuel,
Schmidt Oliver G.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201302544
Subject(s) - materials science , robot , nanotechnology , magnetic field , penetration (warfare) , sperm , computer science , biology , engineering , artificial intelligence , physics , botany , quantum mechanics , operations research
A new biohybrid micro‐robot is developed by capturing bovine sperm cells inside magnetic microtubes that use the motile cells as driving force. These micro‐bio‐robots can be remotely controlled by an external magnetic field. The performance of micro‐robots is described in dependence on tube radius, cell penetration, and temperature. The combination of a biological power source and a microdevice is a compelling approach to the development of new microrobotic devices with fascinating future applications.