{"id":17232,"date":"2018-03-08T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T11:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/?p=17232"},"modified":"2018-03-08T11:03:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T11:03:43","slug":"tiny-robot-works-inside-the-human-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/tiny-robot-works-inside-the-human-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny robot works inside the human body"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This Tiny Robot Works Inside the Human Body\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>
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This minimalist<\/strong> robot<\/a> can walk<\/strong>, jump<\/strong>, crawl<\/strong>, roll<\/strong>, and swim<\/strong>! The robot prototype<\/strong> is small enough to move<\/strong> around in a stomach<\/strong> or urinary<\/strong> system. It is therefore used for improving<\/strong> medical<\/strong> use, for instance delivering<\/strong> drugs<\/strong> to a target in the human body<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The robot is made out of an elastomer<\/strong> rubber<\/strong>, which is filled with many magnetic<\/strong>, small particles<\/strong>. The main goal<\/strong> for this robotis to put it into a patient’s<\/strong> digestive<\/strong> system<\/strong> and make it accessible<\/strong> to places where we humans<\/strong> do not have access<\/strong>. One the main function of the robot is to deliver<\/strong> a cargo<\/strong> inside the body, which could be drugs of course<\/strong>. The only way to do that would be to have a small pocket<\/strong> in the robot that only opens<\/strong> that experts can control<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This caterpillar-inspired robot<\/strong> is the same size<\/strong> as the grain of rice<\/strong>! Today, the robot has only been tested in artificial stomach model and chicken tissue<\/strong>. However, researchers<\/strong> hope to one day have this robot<\/strong> become a standard tool in healthcar<\/strong>e.<\/p>\n