Robots are an important type of molecular machine capable of automatically carrying out complex nanomechanical tasks. DNA molecules are excellent materials for building molecular robots as their geometric, thermodynamic, and kinetic properties are well understood and highly programmable.  However, the development of DNA nanobots has been limited to simple functions.  Now, a study from researchers at Caltech develops a DNA robot capable of performing a … Continue reading First autonomous cargo-sorting DNA nanobot developed.