Building Medical Robots, Bacteria sized: Bradley Nelson at TEDxZurich

We learned of the existence of bacteria over 300 years ago and we have far more of them in our bodies than human cells, but it was less than 40 years ago when we first realized how they swim. With the discovery of the rotary motor of E. coli in 1973, a motor just 45 nanometers in diameter, some claimed this incredible mechanism as evidence of God, though it is really just a step along the path of evolution. Now we can actually build nanorobots that swim similar to bacteria like E. coli. We're working to use these to deliver drugs to specific locations in the body. E. coli itself is a kind of robot: it has sensors (chemoreceptors), motors, communication along protein guided pathways, and software (DNA). When we look at a bacterium from this perspective it seems like a machine, even one that we will be hopefully able to duplicate someday. So if bacteria are really just machines then what are we?
Brad Nelson is the Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zürich where his primary research focus is on microrobotics and nanorobotics with an emphasis on applications in biology and medicine. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Minnesota and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. He has worked at Honeywell and Motorola and served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Botswana, Africa. He was a professor at the University of Illiois at Chicago and the University of Minnesota before joining ETH in 2002.
Prof. Nelson was named to the 2005 "Scientific American 50," Scientific American magazine's annual list recognizing fifty outstanding acts of leadership in science and technology from the past year for his efforts in nanotube manufacturing. His lab won the 2007 and 2009 RoboCup Nanogram Competition--both times the event has been held--in which micrometer size robots competed in soccer. His lab appears in the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records for the "Most Advanced Mini Robot for Medical Use." He serves on the editorial boards of several journals, has chaired several international workshops and conferences, has served as the head of the ETH Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, as the Chairman of the ETH Electron Microscopy Center (EMEZ), and is a member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

[@giridharbg]

This can be weaponised so easily!

[@YTUA1983]

Just like they have done with drones now and whatever else we don't know about yet!

[@tyecollaborator5017]

@@YTUA1983 Everything started as military.

[@tyecollaborator5017]

@@YTUA1983 Which means it could've already been weaponized.

[@YTUA1983]

@@tyecollaborator5017 Yeah that makes sense just like the 5G frequencies!

[@boomerangsruckflug8513]

...and used in vaccines, just saying... 😈

[@grosmene]

Chuck Norris is smarter than I would have thought

[@funnymicepacman4457]

Olivier Roy it is nice to see Chuck is keeping himself busy.

[@Irpsnerple]

This was posted in 2012,, I wonder how much further they have progressed?

[@kumral76]

In the vaccine!!!!

[@Irpsnerple]

@@kumral76 Actually this doesn't meet the criteria to be called a vaccine but they can't call it what it is because nobody would take it.. it is gene manipulating nano technology,,, a nanobot which will slice and dice the RNA-DNA creating transhumans

[@hahamasterful]

Awesome video!

[@lilianatosic2522]

Scantiest have to look into nature to understand how to make the nano robots move but they (biologists) do not believe in intelligent design and intelligent designer lol....these little nano robots need an intelligent designer such as an engineering in order to make them operational and capable to move and transport biological information... Telling someone that these nano robots came from nothing would be a nonsense yet the organisms that gave the engineers the idea how to do it just happen to be there by coincidence...that is an actual nonsense!

[@playmasterangie]

This is so cool

[@sogal4christ]

This is amazing

[@khemetic888]

Everyone needs to pay VERY CLOSE ATTENTION! THIS IS REAL! THEY ARE LETTING US KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND GOING TO COME!

[@RalphWeinmann]

yes

[@ezoopman6222]

Bradley Nelson is the scientific name for Chuck Norris.

[@golandanan]

Let me guess bil the dabill own this patent 2021 we much smarter than 2020

[@christinefilippelli133]

This is currently happening.... to me!

[@christinefilippelli133]

Painful in the eye.

[@karlhans6678]

A nanobot in your eye?

[@sarahmundle3209]

Explain this….it is too vague….

[@tylerschroeder6063]

666 at 5:09

[@ezoopman6222]

Yeah 6+60+600=666 These medical robots are now the vaccine of covid 19.

[@kentbell6757]

Yup, confirmed.

[@zuzanaem9006]

I dont want it

[@masonreppeto882]

thats pretty great. why did almost no one comment on this video???????

[@tyecollaborator5017]

Because only smart people care about this stuff.

[@masonreppeto882]

@@tyecollaborator5017 you don't have to be smart to get excited about the future.

[@Jackximura]

@A M Or already is...🤔

[@fouadmas5413]

Nanotechnology in the new "vaccines" . Scary dual purpose technology

[@masonreppeto882]

this must have just been another one of those videos that schools show in like health and robotics class -_-. kids don't even watch these videos i guess -_-.

[@ericcarman1744]

What do u h

[@maxisking2]

This is so cool

[@michaelhamelin6534]

Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics...Posi-Tively-Brilliant