Construction of Molecular Robots from Microtubules for Programmable Swarming.

Journal: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
PMID: 35476335

Abstract

Swarm robotics has been attracting much attention in recent years in the field of robotics. This chapter describes a methodology for the construction of molecular swarm robots through precise control of active self-assembly of microtubules (MTs). Detailed protocols are presented for the construction of molecular robots through conjugation of DNA to MTs and demonstration of swarming of the MTs. The swarming is mediated by DNA-based interaction and photoirradiation which act as processors and sensors respectively for the robots. Furthermore, the required protocols to utilize the swarming of MTs for molecular computation is also described.

Authors

  • Jakia Jannat Keya
    Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Mousumi Akter
    Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Arif Md Rashedul Kabir
    Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Mst Rubaya Rashid
    Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Akira Kakugo
    Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. kakugo@sci.hokudai.ac.jp.

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