机器人技术的未来已来——但并非你所想

The future of robotics is here – and it’s not what you think Tiny biohybrid robots could one day help us solve some major problems, finds Annalee Newitz THE robot army that saves the world won’t be anything like what you imagine. Its troops will be microscopic, and mostly made of algae, bacteria and other single- celled organisms. Engineers call them biohybrid microrobots. At the University of California, San Diego, Wang’s lab worked closely with chemical engineer Liangfang Zhang’s research group to create what are basically swarms of algae cyborgs that deliver medicine. They began with C. reinhardtii, which can swim with its powerful flagellum, or tail. …