I was reading about the passing of Alexander Grothendieck, and something caught my interest:

>  Mr. Grothendieck was able to answer concrete questions about these relationships by finding universal mathematical principles that could shed unexpected light on them. Applications of his work are evident in fields as diverse as genetics, cryptography and robotics. [New York Times][1]
 
After extensive googling, I haven't been able to find examples. **Has Grothendieck's mathematical work been applied to robotics, cryptography, or genetics, and if so, how?** 

  [1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/world/europe/alexander-grothendieck-math-enigma-dies-at-86.html?_r=0