Genetic Engineering relies on precise, detailed manipulation of the Genetic material of organisms. This manipulation is so precise, in fact, that the naked human eye cannot observe the changes unaided. With the advancement of technology, robotics has played an enormous factor in changing Genetic Engineering forever.
1. Technology for the Microscopic
The manipulation of genetic material requires the ability to see DNA, cells, and other elements at a magnification large enough to work with. With the invention of more and more advanced microscopes and similar robotic technology, scientists are able to more clearly perform their work. They're also able to work at a much smaller scale that what could ever have been done without the invention of the most basic microscope. With today's microscopic advancements, even more is becoming possible in the laboratory because even more can be seen.
2. Lasers and Lights
Genetic engineering sometimes also requires the use of lasers or other lights. These beams are useful for making cuts, inserting material, or even manipulating photons. Robotics have played an enormous part in facilitating these manipulations. With advanced lasers now widely available for genetic research, scientists are able to perform the most delicate tasks in a rapid and accurate manner, contributing significantly to the advancement of genetic engineering and discovery.
3. Robotic Arms
When peering into a magnified view and sending various light beams towards subject matter doesn't suffice, a variety of robotic arms are available to assist scientists. These devices take many forms but are all used to make delicate, accurate, rapid, and sometimes repetitive movements or tasks. These robotic parts are capable of achieving perfect and well-calculated motions that the human body alone cannot reliable do. They can do almost anything, from efficient colony picking to splicing genomes, almost flawlessly. Without such technology, some tasks would be impossible to complete. Others would take a considerably longer amount of time to achieve something a robotic arm could do in a split second.
4. Biorobotics
Robotics themselves are an advancement of genetic engineering that is changing the scope of the field. Referred to as "biorobotics", these new subjects are a combination of robotics and genetic engineering meant to achieve new feats through bio-hybrid technologies. By combining the science with the technology, researchers hope to rapidly accelerate the progress of genetic engineering for a wide variety of purposes.
In so many ways, the advancement of genetic engineering has relied on and been intertwined with robotics. The more technology advances, the more the possibilities seem endless for better, more efficient research.
1. Technology for the Microscopic
The manipulation of genetic material requires the ability to see DNA, cells, and other elements at a magnification large enough to work with. With the invention of more and more advanced microscopes and similar robotic technology, scientists are able to more clearly perform their work. They're also able to work at a much smaller scale that what could ever have been done without the invention of the most basic microscope. With today's microscopic advancements, even more is becoming possible in the laboratory because even more can be seen.
2. Lasers and Lights
Genetic engineering sometimes also requires the use of lasers or other lights. These beams are useful for making cuts, inserting material, or even manipulating photons. Robotics have played an enormous part in facilitating these manipulations. With advanced lasers now widely available for genetic research, scientists are able to perform the most delicate tasks in a rapid and accurate manner, contributing significantly to the advancement of genetic engineering and discovery.
3. Robotic Arms
When peering into a magnified view and sending various light beams towards subject matter doesn't suffice, a variety of robotic arms are available to assist scientists. These devices take many forms but are all used to make delicate, accurate, rapid, and sometimes repetitive movements or tasks. These robotic parts are capable of achieving perfect and well-calculated motions that the human body alone cannot reliable do. They can do almost anything, from efficient colony picking to splicing genomes, almost flawlessly. Without such technology, some tasks would be impossible to complete. Others would take a considerably longer amount of time to achieve something a robotic arm could do in a split second.
4. Biorobotics
Robotics themselves are an advancement of genetic engineering that is changing the scope of the field. Referred to as "biorobotics", these new subjects are a combination of robotics and genetic engineering meant to achieve new feats through bio-hybrid technologies. By combining the science with the technology, researchers hope to rapidly accelerate the progress of genetic engineering for a wide variety of purposes.
In so many ways, the advancement of genetic engineering has relied on and been intertwined with robotics. The more technology advances, the more the possibilities seem endless for better, more efficient research.
