Researchers Successfully Create World's First Robot Sperm

Scientists of the Institute for Integrative Nanosciences in Dresden, Germany, managed to create the first robot sperm. The sperm cells are microorganisms cybernetics made from a combination of metal and parts of a sperm cell (tail).



Interestingly, the sperm can be controlled so that it can be used to fertilize the egg, also can be used to treat any part of the body.


Reported by Gizmodo, this robot was created from the sperm tube is very small, has a length of 50 microns and 5-8 microns in diameter. This tube is capable of capturing and releasing sperm.

Furthermore, the research team used magnetic fields to control the direction of the metal tube, and control the direction of sperm swimming.

The study leader, Oliver Schmidt said treatment options using sperm cells is a new alternative and at least reasonably efficient.

"Sperm is an option that is not harmful to the human body, do not require external power source and can swim through viscous fluids," he explained.

Page Newscientists launch, how sperm robot considered easier to control a single cell. Until now, researchers could only successfully control cells to work together. For example, a group of bacteria cells that are used to push the beads together.

"This type of hybrid approach can open a way of making an efficient micro-robotic systems," said Eric Diller, researchers Univeristy Toronto, Canada.

Diller argues, this method should be a solution even allows the robot to swim micro biological cell as soon as it is difficult.

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