What is a micro -obot?
"Microorobot" is sometimes a vague term used to indicate small robots. Sometimes it is used to indicate robots smaller than a millimeter on the side, but was used as a name for any unusually small robot. Microrobotics is a diaper field, but has a huge potential for the future. As a recent example of achievements in micro -obotics, South Korean scientists have shown a six -legged micro -obot smaller than a millimeter, small enough to travel with arteries. This robot can release drugs that unlock clogged arteries, which could help stop heart attacks. It is currently in the prototype phase.
The possibility of micro -ban was first analyzed in the 1970s. Scientists who conducted classified research for intelligence agencies of the US government. At that time, the necessary miniaturization technologies did not exist to create a real micro -obot, so the studies were only theoretical for some time. In November 1987, robotist Anita M.Flynn published a key article "Robots Gnat (and how to change robotics)", which presented a modern era by speculation and design of micro -bots. Only in the 90's years did the computer chips are sufficiently miniaturized to allow real micro -obotes. Nevertheless, technical challenges are numerous. There are few practical micro -shoes and none of them are commercialized yet.
The technology required to create microbotes is called MEMS - microelectromechanical systems. MEMS includes active mechanical and electronic systems in the micro-meter. To make the robot smaller than a millimeter in size, it often means that it will have a design function measured in just microns. Using a less strict definition of "microorobot", as in a robot several cm across, the size of the function is measured in millimeters.
One of the most impressive microbotic projects came out of the Harvard Laboratory of Micro -Rotics. This team created flying robots with a wing that is larger than a penny. You are interested in it - what will the war or dock willOnce everyday life in society with many micro -obotes? Are there poisons so strong that they can only kill a few nanograms-what would be a war if one side had micro -obotes similar to mosquitoes to meet them into enemy soldiers? Perhaps international contracts will be necessary against the use of these weapons.