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TINY ROBOTS<br />

FEATURES<br />

sensing? What is the computational power of a molecule<br />

or a cell? How can we generate autonomous motion at<br />

the nano- and microscale, in the presence of Brownian<br />

motion? How can we realize collective behaviors and decision-making<br />

processes in systems of many interacting<br />

agents? How do we supply these systems with energy?<br />

These are questions naturally asked also by researchers<br />

in biophysics, statistical physics and complex systems. n<br />

About the Authors<br />

Tobias Pirzer obtained his PhD in biophysics<br />

at the Technical University<br />

Munich (TUM) in 2010. Since 2012<br />

he is working as senior scientist in the<br />

group of Friedrich Simmel.<br />

Friedrich Simmel obtained his PhD<br />

in physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-<br />

University Munich (LMU) in 1999. After<br />

a postdoctoral stay at Bell Labs, he started<br />

an independent junior research group at<br />

LMU Munich and became a full professor<br />

of physics at the Technical University<br />

Munich in 2007. His research focuses on biophysics and its<br />

applications in bionanotechnology and synthetic biology.<br />

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