ROBOTS INJECTED IN COCKROACHES

WHAT TESTABLE QUESTION DID THE SCIENTISTS ASK?

• How can you inject a nanobot in a cockroach without killing it?
• Where could you inject it?
• Would the cockroach react differently?
• Can the nanobot effect the cockroaches life?
• How many nanomachines are needed in a given space?

WHAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION INFORMED THE SCIENTISTS?

• There is a technique called DNA orgami.
• They used information about a computer to tie into the robots

HOW DID THE SCIENTISTS COLLECT OBSERVATIONS AND DATA?

• Scientist injected different types of robots.
• Robots: E, P1, P2, & N
• Studied how the cockroaches reacted to each.

WHAT TOOLS DID THE SCIENTISTS USE?

• Microscopes
• Nano robots
• Tiny computer chips
• Injection equipment.
• Mini cameras

WHAT RESULTS DID THE SCIENTISTS GET?

• E robots only opened up when both cues were present.
• Having E and P1 robots together allows the E robots to only open for X cues.
• Adding P2, E robots only respond to Y cues.
• The N robots stopped the E robots from opening.

WHAT CONCLUSIONS DID THE SCIENTISTS DRAW?

• The E and N robots are not compatable
• All the robots can work together and then do logical operations.
• It allows them to look for more than an AND operation.

WHAT NEW QUESTIONS ARE THE SCIENTISTS LIKELY TO INVESTIGATE?

• Will this be able to be tested on larger animals?
• How many nano robots will have to be produced for one animal?
• Will this testing continue or end?