Bionics / ResearchSoft mini-robot could place medication in a targeted manner
One day, the millimeter-sized robot could deliver drugs exactly where they are needed in the body. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have based their development on nature: the locomotion of larvae, caterpillars and jellyfish.
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In a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the scientist Wenqi Hu, who was involved in the study, operates a setup in which a mini-robot lying in a shell is surrounded by coils.