Tiny Robot Invented To Crawl Through Veins
July 7th, 2009 at 10:03 am by Vinny
Slatterz writes “Scientists from Israel’s Technion University have unveiled a tiny robot, made using Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems MEMS technology, purportedly able to crawl through a person’s veins in order to diagnose and potentially treat artery blockage and cancer. The little robot — with a diameter of just one millimeter — has neither engine nor onboard controls, instead being propelled forward by a magnetic field wielded on it from outside the patient’s body.”
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