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Crean robots para explorar venas

Escrito por Ing. Hiddekel Morrison en Lo Ultimo, tags: microrobots, nanotecnologia, robots, robots intravenosos


Científicos Israelitas han creado un avance que parece salido de libros y películas de ciencia ficción, robots capaces de reptar dentro de nuestras venas. Estos robots, salidos de la Universidad de Techion, miden cerca de un milímetro y utilizan la tecnología MEMS (Sistema micro-eléctrico-mecánico) para poder reptar a una velocidad de 9mm por segundo, sin tener motores piezoeléctricos, sino usando campos magnéticos y el propio flujo sanguíneo.
El objetivo es usar estos robots para diagnosticar y posiblemente tratar algunos bloqueos arteriales y cáncer. Claro está, que estos robots no pueden llegar a todos nuestros vasos sanguíneos (por ejemplo, no pueden acceder a los capilares) y aún los investigadores se encuentran trabajando en cómo instalar pequeñísimas cámaras en estos robots. No obstante esto, quizás en un futuro no muy lejano no necesitemos recurrir a cirugías o medicamentos tan frecuentes, bastará con introducir unos cuantos robots. Fuente: www.newlaunches.com

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