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Bionanomotors, like myosins that move along actin networks in cells, are responsible for motion in all life forms. So the development of artificial nanomotors could make robots more effective and versatile teammates for soldiers in combat. This article describes the work of researchers from the Army Research Laboratory on identifying a design that would allow an artificial nanomotor to take advantage of Brownian motion, the property of particles to move because they are warm.
