[japanuspus]

This is crazy: my initial thought was that the first figure was some kind of diagram, but it is a microscopy photo of the actual physical system they have built!

The "micro-robots" are constructed by two-photon polymerization and actuated by laser tweezers grabbing onto "handholds". This avoids the laser heating up the biological specimens.

Note: two-photon polymerization is not not the same as what resin 3D printers use.

Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.202401...

[trompetenaccoun]

It's really cool but I wonder if it can actually be used on something other than quasi disposable cells. Seems very experimental.