{"id":161486,"date":"2023-04-03T16:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T21:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/tiny-hybrid-robot-can-identify-capture-a-single-cell"},"modified":"2023-04-03T16:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T21:23:17","slug":"tiny-hybrid-robot-can-identify-capture-a-single-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/tiny-hybrid-robot-can-identify-capture-a-single-cell","title":{"rendered":"Tiny hybrid robot can identify, capture a single cell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qoZit8v9gdA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Researchers from Tel Aviv University, Israel, have created a micro-robot the size of a single biological cell that navigates using both electricity and magnetic fields and can identify and capture a single cell, opening the door to a vast array of applications.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by biological \u201cswimmers\u201d such as bacteria and sperm, the researchers developed a <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/robotics\/self-healing-swimming-microbots\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">micro-robot<\/a> (about 10 microns across) with the ability to move around the body autonomously or controlled by an operator.<\/p>\n<p>Using a magnetic field to propel the micro-robot, also called a micro-motor, was attractive; it doesn\u2019t require fuel or direct contact between the magnet and body tissues, can be steered accurately, and can function in a wide range of temperatures and solution conductivities. Electrically powered micro-motors offer advantages, such as selective cargo loading, transport and release and the ability to use electricity to \u201cdeform\u201d cells, but they have some downsides. So, combining the two was a no-brainer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from Tel Aviv University, Israel, have created a micro-robot the size of a single biological cell that navigates using both electricity and magnetic fields and can identify and capture a single cell, opening the door to a vast array of applications. Inspired by biological \u201cswimmers\u201d such as bacteria and sperm, the researchers developed a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}