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Tiny soft robot with multilegs paves way for drugs delivery in human body
Science Daily ^ | September 26, 2018 | Staff

Posted on 09/26/2018 11:37:21 AM PDT by C19fan

A novel tiny, soft robot with caterpillar-like legs capable of carrying heavy loads and adaptable to adverse environment was developed from a research led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU). This mini delivery-robot could pave way for medical technology advancement such as drugs delivery in human body.

Around the world, there has been research about developing soft milli-robots. But the CityU's new design with multi-legs helps reduce friction significantly, so that the robot can move efficiently inside surfaces within the body lined with, or entirely immersed in, body fluids such as blood or mucus.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: robotics
Right out of a nightmare. Could be used to cure or used as an assassination weapon.
1 posted on 09/26/2018 11:37:21 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Do they disintegrate after the delivery? Slip one of these in someone’s cup of cocoa and they may never know what happened.


2 posted on 09/26/2018 11:40:37 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: C19fan
Tiny Bubbles
3 posted on 09/26/2018 11:42:22 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (alea iacta est)
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To: C19fan; Chode; Squantos; snooter55; All

Ol’ KGBPutey should love these things for putting out Hits.


4 posted on 09/26/2018 11:50:52 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: C19fan

5 posted on 09/26/2018 11:59:25 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: C19fan

No. No. No.


6 posted on 09/26/2018 12:05:16 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: C19fan

First thing I thought of too. “Oh, great. Another thing to weaponize.”


7 posted on 09/26/2018 12:05:19 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: mabarker1

wonder if it can run on human voltage?


8 posted on 09/26/2018 3:13:36 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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