Thursday, February 20, 2020, 16:00
WHGA Auditorium
Bradley Nelson, ETHZ
Abstract:
While the futuristic vision of micro and nanorobotics is of intelligent
machines that navigate throughout our bodies searching for and
destroying disease, we have a long way to go to get there. Progress is
being made, though, and the past decade has seen impressive advances in
the fabrication, powering, and control of tiny motile devices. Much of
our work focuses on creating systems for controlling micro and
nanorobots as well as pursuing applications of these devices. As systems
such as these enter clinical trials, and as commercial applications of
this new technology are realized, radically new therapies and uses will
result that have yet to be envisioned.