Learn about the materials and technologies powering untethered micro devices in healthcare, and discover the clinical applications in oncology and vascular disease.

Researchers at Penn and the University of Michigan have developed the world’s smallest, fully autonomous robots. The health ...

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of advanced medical devices, including tiny robots that can safely move inside the human body. Some of these systems ...

A research team at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has developed miniature, grain-sized robots capable of carrying multiple drugs and delivering them directly to targeted areas ...

In medical technology, microrobots are the next big thing. With dimensions below that of a sand grain, these microbots are ...

Magnetically steerable guidewires enable remote, minimally invasive navigation and precise tip control in complex vasculature. Scientists at Nankai University developed a dual-coil magnetic guidewire ...

In one part of a laboratory in Bristol, UK, scientists are designing a nanoparticle swarm that will be able to target and kill tumour cells intelligently. Interactions between the tiny but simple ...

Strong magnets tend to be large and power-hungry, but a new design has produced a powerful magnet that fits in the palm of ...

The new capsule robots developed for medical applications can reportedly be swallowed by patients and steered using magnetic fields. The team explained that such robots could reduce the current ...