Miniscule Robots of Metal and Plastic

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-38515
Published February 01, 2021 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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  • English

Researchers have been pursuing the development of robots so tiny that they can maneuver through blood vessels and deliver medications to certain points in the body. Now, scientists have succeeded in building such micromachines out of metal and plastic in which these two materials are interlocked as closely as links in a chain. This is possible thanks to a new manufacturing technique they have devised.