Molecular swarm robots: recent progress and future challenges
Molecular swarm robots: recent progress and future challenges
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DOI：
10.1080/14686996.2020.1761761
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发表时间：
2020-01-31
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5.5
通讯作者：
Kakugo, Akira
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作者：
Kabir, Arif Md Rashedul;Inoue, Daisuke;Kakugo, Akira
分子机器人学的最新进展很大程度上得益于各个科学技术领域的进步，特别是超分子化学、生物和纳米技术以及信息学。然而，分子机器人技术面临的最大挑战之一是一次控制大量机器人，并使用机器人作为群体来执行任何特定任务，以利用紧急功能。分子机器人群已经成为一种新的范例，有可能克服分子机器人技术中的这一障碍。在这篇综述文章中，我们全面讨论了群体分子机器人技术的最新进展，特别强调了生物和纳米技术在群体分子机器人中的有效利用。介绍了调整分子机器人之间的相互作用在调节其集群中的重要性。重点介绍了在分子机器人集群中成功利用 DNA、光响应分子和自然分子机器为其提供处理、传感和驱动能力。还讨论了分子群机器人因其参与逻辑运算和分子计算的能力而在实际应用中的潜力。还强调了分子群机器人通过集群利用涌现功能的前景及其未来前景。
Recent advancements in molecular robotics have been greatly contributed by the progress in various fields of science and technology, particularly in supramolecular chemistry, bio- and nanotechnology, and informatics. Yet one of the biggest challenges in molecular robotics has been controlling a large number of robots at a time and employing the robots for any specific task as flocks in order to harness emergent functions. Swarming of molecular robots has emerged as a new paradigm with potentials to overcome this hurdle in molecular robotics. In this review article, we comprehensively discuss the latest developments in swarm molecular robotics, particularly emphasizing the effective utilization of bio- and nanotechnology in swarming of molecular robots. Importance of tuning the mutual interaction among the molecular robots in regulation of their swarming is introduced. Successful utilization of DNA, photoresponsive molecules, and natural molecular machines in swarming of molecular robots to provide them with processing, sensing, and actuating ability is highlighted. The potentials of molecular swarm robots for practical applications by means of their ability to participate in logical operations and molecular computations are also discussed. Prospects of the molecular swarm robots in utilizing the emergent functions through swarming are also emphasized together with their future perspectives.