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Meet The Magnet-Controlled Miniature Robots
Measuring the size of a grain of rice, these new miniature robots can move across three dimensions with the help of magnetic fields.
A Robotic Millipede That Delivers Drugs
Researchers in Hong Kong have invented a tiny robot with soft caterpillar-like legs that can cross obstacles inside the body and carry heavy loads.
Robots Of The Future May Not Need Motors
Engineers in Hong Kong have invented an actuating material that could replace motors in robots.
Stopping Bacteria By Their Tails
Disrupting biological nanomachines like the flagella of bacteria could be one effective way to prevent infectious diseases, scientists say.
A Wearable That’s Barely There
This breathable electronic sensor was so comfortable that subjects would forget that they were wearing it.
