They called ANT's because they are inspired by ants. They are tiny, measuring only a few billionths of a meter, its power source is light. They are very tiny, smaller engines. It's the future, may be the basis for nanomachines. They can navigate the water, feel the environment around, penetrate into cells to fight disease, etc.
Composed with gold particles, they are activated through heat. "It's like an explosion", explains Dr. Tao Ding of Cambridge, the main author of this design.
Why does it compare with ants? Because of their size, in relation to what they can move, they are 100 times stronger than a muscle. That leads us to compare them with ants. As Jeremy Baumber, director of the research, expresses: "Like real ants, they have enormous strength in relation to their weight. Now the challenge is to control that force to give it specific applications." Man must observe nature to learn, to imitate it, to move forward. Be inspired by her.
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