The miniature robots were created by embedding small magnetic particles into materials that are harmless to humans. — Photos: NTU SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE: Scientists here have developed robots the size of a grain of rice that can perform complex manoeuvres, paving the way for their possible use in fields such as medicine, including brain surgery.
A research team at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) created the miniature robots by embedding small magnetic particles into materials that are harmless to humans.
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