Miniature robot to swim in your veins

We earlier reported that Japanese researchers have developed a prototype model of the micro medical robot that can reside and travel inside a human body to eliminate disease especially cancer. However, now, Dr. Nir Schwalb and Oded Salomon of the College of Judea and Sumaria in Ariel and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have unveiled their miniature robot that is only one-millimeter in diameter. Dr. Nir Shvalb of the College of Judea and Samaria on Monday, said: For the first time a miniature robot has been planned and constructed, that has the unique ability to crawl within the human body’s veins and arteries. The robot will be able to crawl against the bloodstream with a force typical of blood vessels within the body without any problem, which has not been possible before. The scientists also anticipate to let this tiny android to swim through our veins and arteries to combat all kinds of troubles. It does not hold any onboard power and functions on external magnetic forces to impel itself through bloodstream. It is also reportedly said that this tiny android will chiefly aim to sort complications in cancer cells. Will this tiny robot also combat attacking white blood cells? It is still unclear but we will definitely keep you posted. Via: Blog.scifi