Experimental evaluation and computational modeling of the magnetofaba itapuensis bacteria: possible application in nanorobotics

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Lucas Ferreira de Melo Diniz
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; UFMG
• Palavras-chave em Português: Bactérias Magnetotáticas; Controle; Nanorobótica; Simulação; Nanotecnologia; Modelagem de dados; Visão por computador; Computação; Nanocomputação; Simulação (Computadores digitais)
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/ESBF-AKUNYE

The creation of autonomous nanomachines is one of the biggest challenges in nanotechnology. For this reason, the application of the magnetotatic bacteria (MTB) is being studied as the basis for the creation of nanorobots. Due to their small size, unique capability to orient according to magnetic fields and biological engine system they are a good candidate for several applications. In this work we present experimental evaluations and a computational model of the newly discovered species Magnetofaba Itapuensi. A microscope and a computer controlled electronic setup were created to perform the experiments. Based on the obtained results a computational model of the bacteria was created and validated. Finally, this model is applied in order to simulate the bacteria behavior, glimpsing the application of bacteria swarm in robotics experiments. We believe that the developed simulator can speed up the research in this area, specially due to the difficult in conducting real experiments.