Title :
Comment on "Nanorobotics control design: a collective behavior approach for medicine"
Author :
Curtis, Adam S. G.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Cell Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Following the paper by Calcavani and Freitas (see ibid., vol.4, no.2, p.133-40, 2005), the limitations on nanorobot design and activity imposed by Brownian motion events, communication problems, and the nature of the intercellular space are discussed. It is shown that severe problems exist for a nanorobot designed to enter tissues for therapeutic purposes when it is smaller than about 1 μm in any one of its dimensions.
Keywords :
Brownian motion; cellular biophysics; medical robotics; microrobots; nanotechnology; patient treatment; Brownian motion events; collective behavior approach; communication problems; intercellular space; medicine; nanorobotics control design; therapeutic purposes; tissues; Assembly; Biological control systems; Biology computing; Biomedical computing; Cells (biology); Control design; DNA; Genetics; Nanobioscience; Nanotechnology;
Journal_Title :
NanoBioscience, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNB.2005.850470
