Scientists from the Universities of the USA and China described the process of integration of photosensitive biological tissue stretched On a frame from a hydrogel, with a wireless optogenetic sensor. EBIOBOT is the first wireless bi -gibride machine that combines biological tissues, microelectronics and soft polymers printed on a 3D printer.
Minikorg Ebiobot
The optogenetics includes cells that are or were made sensitive to the light. In this case, the researchers made the muscles of the mice susceptible to the light so that the tissues are reduced during light.
The source of light is a microsemonomic. It is activated by transmitting energy through a wireless network through radio frequency radiation, which can be assembled using resonant magnetic induction (used for wireless charging electric vehicles) through the antenna coil.
The collected energy activates the built-in micro-lighteds that cause muscle contractions that drive the entire structure. At the same time, Ebiobot minibrats are very slow – they move at a speed of 0.3-0.8 mm/s, depending on the number of LEDs.
Researchers said that this work paves the way to the class of biogride machines that can combine biological perception with computer calculations. According to them, the project “opens up great opportunities in creating self -healing, developing and self -organizing engineering systems. At the moment, scientists are considering the possibility of using this technology in medicine and the environment.