The idea of injecting microscopic robots into the bloodstream to heal the human body is not new. It’s also not science fiction. Guided by an external magnetic field, miniature biocompatible robots, made of magnetizable iron oxide nanoparticles, can theoretically provide medical treatment in a very targeted manner. Until now, there has been a technical obstacle:...
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Microbots
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Jitterbug A team of Cornell University scientists developed a new robot — so small that it’s invisible to the naked eye — that they hope will someday crawl around inside the human body and hunt for disease. The robots themselves are little more than microchips attached to four origami-inspired legs, BBC News reports. But their simplicity — the engineers...