News tagged with miniature robots

Spider pill to seek out diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- A remotely controlled 'spider pill' with eight moving legs and a miniature camera may become the next tool of choice in diagnosing cancers of the stomach and colon.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0 weblog

Secrets of insect flight revealed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are one step closer to creating a micro-aircraft that flies with the manoeuvrability and energy efficiency of an insect after decoding the aerodynamic secrets of insect flight.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Microbot motors fit to swim human arteries (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A range of complex surgical operations necessary to treat stroke victims, confront hardened arteries or address blockages in the bloodstream are about to be made safer as researchers from ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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Exploring Mars in the Austrian Alps

In the largest ice caves on Earth, spacesuits and remote-controlled planetary rovers were for the first time tested in a five-day odyssey in the Alps designed to mimic potential future missions on Mars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale

MIT’s Johnson Athletic Center took on the aura of an old-fashioned county fair on Thursday night, complete with popcorn, balloons, jugglers, cotton candy and pitchmen wearing brightly colored jackets and bowties. But ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

JUICE is Europe's next large science mission

(Phys.org) -- Jupiter’s icy moons are the focus of Europe’s next large science mission.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Micro helicopters leave the nest

Within the framework of the EU project sFly, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new type of flying robot that can be navigated using only on-board cameras and a miniature computer. The micro helicopters ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Whether grasping Easter eggs or glass bottles -- this robotic hand uses tact

Researchers at Saarland University together with associates in Bologna and Naples have developed a robotic hand that can accomplish both tasks with ease and yet including the actuators is scarcely larger than ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Growing bones with Lego

A video produced for Google Science Fair shows how researchers at Cambridge making synthetic bone have turned to legendary children’s toy Lego for a helping hand.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Materials inspired by Mother Nature: A 1-pound boat that could float 1,000 pounds

Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so buoyant that, in everyday terms, a boat made from 1 pound of the substance ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (33) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Personalized chemotherapy, cheaper medicine, affordable health care -- they may be closer than you think

(Medical Xpress) -- New technology being developed at Florida State University could significantly decrease the cost of drug discovery, potentially leading to increased access to high-quality health care and cancer patients ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Air Force space drone's secret mission hits one-year milestone

One year after the Air Force blasted it into orbit, an experimental robotic space drone continues to circle the Earth.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Sometimes the quickest path is not a straight line

Sometimes the fastest pathway from point A to point B is not a straight line: for example, if you’re underwater and contending with strong and shifting currents. But figuring out the best route in such ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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