Year: 2022

SPACE EXPLORATION. "One application that highlights the advantages of self-reconfigurable systems is long-term space missions. These require long-term self-sustaining robotic ecology that can handle unforeseen situations and may require self repair. Self-reconfigurable systems have the ability to handle tasks that are not known a prioritise especially compared to fixed configuration systems." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reconfiguring_Modular_Robotics View in LinkedIn

DNA PROGRAMMABLE MOLECULES. "To assemble into specific configurations using the same chemical principles that bind the double helix of the genome. In this way, scientists have woven strands of DNA into complex nanoscale shapes: boxes with switchable lids, letters of the alphabet, even tiny world maps." https://lnkd.in/dzmMmjE View in LinkedIn

DNA ORIGAMI FOR DRUG DELIVERY. "DNA origami hinged barrel with logic gates for programmable delivery of drugs. The DNA barrel, which acts as a container, is held shut by special DNA latches that can recognize and seek out combinations of cell-surface proteins, including disease markers. When the latches find their targets they reconfigure, causing the two halves of the barrel to swing open and expose its payload." https://lnkd.in/d6RPeMH View in LinkedIn

PARADIGM SHIFT. "Use of DNA nanotechnology to create programmable nanodevices is an important focus at the Wyss Institute, because we believe so strongly in its potential to produce a paradigm-shifting approach to development of new diagnostics and therapeutics." https://lnkd.in/d4HaKCM View in LinkedIn

SINGLE STRANDED TILES (SST) OF DNA. "SSTs could organize themselves into drug-delivery machines that maintain their structural integrity until they reach specific cell targets, and because they are synthetic, can be made highly biocompatible." https://lnkd.in/d4HaKCM View in LinkedIn

DNA BASED ROBOTS. "Nature programs its cellular matter partly by the instructions inherited in the DNA of the genome. But by exploiting the same chemical language of the genes ... researchers have been able to make DNA itself a kind of programmable material, designed to assemble into specific shapes and patterns." https://lnkd.in/dDwjZMg View in LinkedIn

PROTOTYPE FORMATS. "They have woven complex nanoscale DNA shapes such as boxes with switchable lids, nanoscale alphabetic letters and even world maps." https://lnkd.in/dDwjZMg View in LinkedIn

ROBOTS THAT REPLICATE AND EVOLVE. "By supplying and removing ‘fuel strands’ that drive strand pairing and unpairing, it is possible to make molecular-scale machines that move, such as DNA ‘walkers’ that stride along guide strands. Eventually such DNA systems might be given the ability to replicate and evolve." https://lnkd.in/dDwjZMg View in LinkedIn

AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS. "Ultimately, the question whether self-reproducing robots will evolve or not boils down to the capability of artificial intelligence systems to self-improve. Only then could the “brains” of the robotic factory build evolved robots without the need of human designers. It’s already happening." https://lnkd.in/dhAg_hD View in LinkedIn

UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTOR. "Self-replicating machines have been around, at least in theory, for decades. In 1949, the mathematician John von Neumann showed how a machine could replicate itself. He called it the “universal constructor” because the machine was both an active component of the construction and the target of the copying process." https://lnkd.in/dhAg_hD View in LinkedIn