Micron Scale Nanobots Can Swim, Deliver Drugs & Carry Cargo

First things first - the nanobots we're informing you about are currently in the design stage and it will take a while before they make an entry in the real world. But what's conceptualised by research engineers at #-Link-Snipped-# is awesome. The research team has developed complex computational models of nanobots that can swim, navigate in response to stimuli by light and even deliver drugs at their destinations. These bots will rely on volumen changes in special material called 'hydrogel' to move its tiny flaps and gain motion.



Of course, for the size of these swimming bots, the speed would be about a few micrometers per second - just enough to accomplish the mission they're designed for. Check out details on Georgia Tech's #-Link-Snipped-#.

Image Credit: Alexander Alexeev