Microrobots Inspired by Nature

“A revolutionary design mimics the rowing action of the cilia on single-celled Paramecium, demonstrating much faster movement than conventional microrobots.

Researchers based at South Korea’s Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have designed microrobots that mimic the rowing action of the cilia present on the single-celled Paramecium; an organism common in stagnant water and ponds…”

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https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/05/microrobots-inspired-nature