"Micro-robots" pick up a glass bead

Multimedia · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1045474

"Micro-robots", which are really collections of particles animated by magnetic fields, pick up a glass bead and move it around the screen. Each movement is precisely controlled. The "asters" were designed by Alexey Snezkho and Igor Aronson at Argonne National Laboratory. Video courtesy Nature Materials. Read the full story at http://go.usa.gov/KAT

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1045474
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ANL
MICRO-ROBOTS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
ASTERS
NANOPARTICLES