In-vivo energy harvesting nano robots

Abstract

Biological collaborative systems behavior is fascinating, urging researchers to mimic their behavior through programmable matters. These matters constitute a particle system, wherein the particles bind with their neighbors to swarm and navigate. Caterpillar swarm inspired particle system involves layered architecture with a predefined number of layers. Through this work, a coordinated layered particle system inspired by caterpillar swarms is discussed. We first propose a novel design for producible nano-particles that uses electrodes to harvest electricity from the blood serum, energy that can be later used for swarming, inter/outer communication, coordination, sensing and acting according to an instructing program. The benefit of moving and acting in a swarm is demonstrated by a design of telescopic movement in pipes (e.g., blood vessels), wherein each layer uses the accumulated speed of all layers below and moves faster, thus mimicking the faster motion of a caterpillar swarm.