MIT researchers have developed a technique to mass produce cell–sized robots out of graphene(Credit: Felice Frankel) Robots are getting smaller and smaller, from the size of bugs down to tiny bead-shaped robots that could one day swim through the body to monitor health or deliver medication. MIT engineers recently managed to create cell–sized robots that could collect data about their environment, but were a little tricky to manufacture. Now, the team has found...
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The Top 12 Social Companion Robots
What do you get if you combine the best features of a smartphone, a vacuum cleaner, and a pet? No, it’s not Dr. Frankenstein’s dog, but rather the new family members of the household of the future: social companion robots. They might do the chores, guard the house, teach the children and keep company to...
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Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster And Better Than People
Automated robots now have the tools to grow imitation, simplified human organs out of stem cells. Thankfully, we weren’t transported to a sci-fi dystopia where the machines have risen up and started to farm humans, but rather a world where pharmaceutical and other biomedical researchjust became much easier and faster. Give these robots some pluripotent stem...
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9 Exciting Facts About Medical Robots
Do you remember how Anakin Skywalker was seriously burnt and lost his legs in the third episode of Star Wars, The Revenge of the Sith? And do you also remember how robot surgeons did the best they could to save him? In the very near future, similarly amazing robots might come to healthcare to save our lives,...
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