Micro-Crab Robot Unclogs Your Arteries
Writing by Conner Flynn on Wednesday, 24 of October , 2007 at 12:23 pm
Created by Chonnam National University, this crablike micro-bot is designed to scurry along your arteries and unblock them. It not only looks like a crab, it walks in the same manner. Surprisingly, the researchers discovered that the robot can travel 55 yards in three weeks time. Once it gets to it’s designated location, it releases drugs that disintegrate the blockage.
Even more impressive is the robot’s energy source. It doesn’t have one. It’s three hind legs are longer than the front three, so it attaches to the heart muscle and the legs bend at the time of cardiac contraction, which propels the machine forward. Should an alternate energy source be needed, the sugar in the blood takes care of that. Testing hasn’t started yet, but I’m betting they act fast with this one. Here’s hoping they test it in tiny clogged pipes before humans… (Image not the actual bot. Courtesy of The Raw Feed)
[Telegraph] VIA [The Raw Feed]
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Comment by Barry McDonald
Made Monday, 5 of November , 2007 at 2:09 pm
Hi,
Thats amazing, its becoming more like the film “Inner Space.”