Walking microscopic robots with brains - Itai Cohen

Itai Cohen, professor of physics in the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell University, describes the nanorobots he and colleagues have created: the first to incorporate semiconductor components, allowing them to be controlled - and made to walk - with standard electronic signals. The research could one day result in swarms of microscopic robots crawling through and restructuring materials, or suturing blood vessels, or being dispatched en masse to probe large swaths of the human brain in a new form of healthcare based on quantum materials.
Prof. Cohen’s presentation was part of the College of Arts & Sciences’ “Arts Unplugged: Science of the Very, Very Small” event that explored some of the exciting innovations in nanoscale science and their ramifications for human society.
Video of the full event: ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes...