Micro-robots transport glass and trap particles

[Brian4321]

THEE single most exciting thing I've seen all day

[Ratama]

what is the point of a small robott? I dont understand

[puppystomper324]

wakka wakka wakka wakka wakka wakka

[seeriktus]

first thing i said was "holy shit"

[marasmusine]

Is this the first stage in Spore?

[the689anomoly]

How small are these?

[Ratama]

idon't believe they aren't bateria

[austpom333]

This is very good news

[mrbunnylamakins]

Just looks like magnetic pieces of metal being move around my magnet in green goo

[leftiheat]

cute and squisheeee!

[osirus5891]

They're just a collection of iron filings being manipulated by an outside magnetic field!? It's cool but they're not robots. This was disappointing.

[SHIBAInuFilms]

I, for one welcome our new microscopic particle movers.

[sp00x]

Now just let's hope they don't organize in a union or they'll be impossible to get to do any serious work....

[eojadiius]

name of song?

[kevincarbonaro]

Might be useful technology which can possibly be used to clean up the oil leaks in our oceans :)

[MrAmazingAC]

Prey?

[mooxim]

wow awesome.

[omri9325]

WTF is this?!?!?

/watch?v=5A6qujxn34M

did you just stole it from other channels?

[dusky186]

@omri9325 actually no... you see new scientist is given the same video as other news sources, so in fact they should have similar videos. It quite common for researchers to limit the number of different videos published by the media. They just want to publish enough information to get people interested without people being able to reproduce what they created so well that the reasearcher could find themselves replaced.

[quaxk]

it has begin, the grey goo is inevitable

[dusky186]

@quaxk actually quaxk this is not grey goo first off. Second of that theory of nanomachines and micromachines has been ruled not only unrealistic but obsolete

[quaxk]

@dusky186 humour, look it up wiki boy

[sausage4mash]

Micro-robots is a little misleading ,but interesting anyways

[KennyGJE]

Last part got me thinking about Kiwis...

[adriank1223]

nano-bot warfare, here we come!

[PR0H0LDEM]

Why did this remind me two nerds standing at the microscope betting on who comes first?

[nickmax123]

fake and gay

[donrane]

useless



[RoboticusMusic]

FAKE LOOK IT'S PLASTIC!

[kasuha]

If you call this a robot, then you call a robot almost anything. For instance you can say spoon in your hand is a robot remotely controlled by your thoughts.

[theintoxicant]

@kasuha my spoon was greatly offended by your comment

[Paxmax]

Holey crud, the level of awesome just broke through the roof!

[Zarrakan]

Very cool! :D

[Shketri]

fucking robots i love them

[fuunguus]

Why must we make nano robots when we can just re-engineer biological stuff. I mean, biology works on the nano scale, it is a molecular machinery and it is possible to have full control of its function through DNA. What makes nano robots better than biological factories that produce all sorts of enzymes, nano mechanical parts etc that make up the whole human body and every life form that has ever existed on earth.

[ataraxic89]

@fuunguus nano machines would have many benefits. First off, dont think of them like robots, they would use many bio-chemcials in their functions, and be able to do just about everything our cells can do and much much more. For one, they could wirelessly communicate, which is a HUGE advantage over biocells and their chemical communication bandwidth. Also they would have no limit to what kinds of materials they could utilize and manipulate, like metals and other non organic molecules.

[FelipeZucchetti]

amazing...

[VLaDSiZ]

Singularity wi come pretty soon at this rate! Wouldnt be suprised having micro robots like that in our body in less that 10 to 15 years

[legendary852004]

A little disappointed after reading the article. Just tiny magnets in immiscible liquids. I could see something like this being used in industry.

[BahoUtot]

0:25 Slowly now, here we go... sir, I think its working!.. Oops fuck! You idiots, I told you to march in sync so you don't toss it. quick, form a circle so you don't scare it!

[honestyize]

COME ON PACMAN YOU CAN DO IT!

[Films4You]

@honestyize LOL or 0:36 UFO's well it is Alien Technology :)

[dearestkranthi]

These micro-robots are half a millimeter wide but they can push around objects four times their own weight. To create the plucky bots, tiny magnetic particles were suspended between two layers of fluid that don't mix. When an alternating magnetic field was applied perpendicular to the boundary of the liquids, he found that the particles self-assembled to create tiny, worm-like robots. They could be moved around by applying a second, smaller magnetic field parallel to the plane.

[MartianStories]

Holy fuck. If humans can do this, then we're a few steps away from becoming gods.

Do you really think we're wise enough? I mean, if this were to get into the wrong hands...

[marsCubed]

@MartianStories "Holy fuck. If humans can do this, then we're a few steps away from becoming gods.

Do you really think we're wise enough?"

Well If ya gotta ask whether you're omniscient..

I got something you din't mean none-the-less.

Fields, particles geometric real relationships; possible actions.

This is really fascinating research.

Thanks once again NS.

[MartianStories]

@marsCubed Well, you're right, it is fascinating research. However, I'd be very wary of any god who did not ask himself if he was omniscient, or what right he had to claim to be...

[marsCubed]

2

*According to some ancient texts God figures mortals are..*

[MartianStories]

@marsCubed Uhh. YEAH!

[IndignantSkeptic]

@MartianStories you could say the same things about every invention, technology, or knowledge starting from the beginning when we started using sticks or fire. it's getting on my nerves to see comments like this on almost every scientific breakthrough announcement.

[MartianStories]

@IndignantSkeptic Well, sorry to get "on your nerves." I was actually paraphrasing Dr. McCoy from Star Trek 2 when talking about the Genesis Device.

I hear that the Tea Party is working on a bill that will go back to the ORIGINAL intention of Thomas Jefferson: "If it's okay with IndignantSkeptic, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech..."

[IndignantSkeptic]

@MartianStories i noticed a lot of movies and TV shows have this sort of anti-scientific message. i don't think scientists would have written these stories. so many people keep pointing out what could go wrong if we get a new technology, but i can't remember anyone pointing out what could go wrong if we DON'T get a new technology. that annoys me greatly.

[MartianStories]

@IndignantSkeptic I get it, but you're flipping out at the wrong guy. I'm extremely pro-science. However, I grew up with a writer for a grandmother, and being from Georgia, she had a huge crush on Dr. McCoy. Very funny character. And, I think, often very wise. So I sometimes paraphrase him.

Now, the reason a lot of stories have that voice is because you always need "the voice of the reasonable common man." And that's the point of stories, to remind us of hubris. It doesn't mean science is evil.

[luckviewer777]

Looks like a PAcMAN to me

[javamanV3]

We learn as humans that nature always had it right. Use small things to do big things!

Thank you Dr. Feynman!

[Fulaca]

@javamanV3 thats what my girlfreind keeps telling me

[moomilkboy]

now this is intresting, but it seems as though they are just being controlled by magnets and dont really have circuitry

[Examinator91]

Pacman ?

[JuSdAt]

i wana eat it

[lucasmontec]

Really!?!? Amazing!

[the12221]

No way!

that's insane!

[thepianoaddict]

small robots are small

[VCSandARM]

smart little things!