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Thursday, October 13, 2011

New twisting artificial muscles propel nano-robots one step closer to medical applications

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The possibility of a doctor using tiny robots in your body to diagnose and treat medical conditions is one step closer to becoming reality today, with the development of artificial muscles small and strong enough to push the tiny Nanobots along.

Although Nanorobots (Nanobots) have received much attention for the potential medical use in the body, such as cancer fighting, drug delivery and parasite removal, one major hurdle in their development has been the issue of how to propel them along in the bloodstream.

Read More: http://electromaterials.edu.au/news/UOW112032

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