A robot that travels through the body
July 2nd, 2007

The reference to the 1966 movie “Fantastic Voyage” is maybe too obvious. But Israeli scientists have developed a 1-millimeter-diameter medical robot that will be able to crawl within our veins and arteries. It’s too early to know when this medical robot is allowed to explore a real human being. But the researchers think it could be used to fight some cancers. They even envision groups of robots working simultaneously to fight metastases.

Links: Primidi, ZDNet

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