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Small robots with great capabilities are ready to change the world of medicine.
For the first time, researchers from the Surgical Robotics Laboratory at the University of Twente have successfully made two micro-robots work together to lift, move and assemble passive objects in 3D space. This achievement opens up new horizons for promising biomedical applications.
Imagine that you need surgery inside your body in a hard-to-reach place. In the future, a pair of robots smaller than a grain of salt can enter your body and perform surgery. These micro-robots can perform various complex tasks together. "It's almost like magic," says Franco Pignan Basualdo, the corresponding author of the publication.
Researchers from the University of Twente have successfully used two 1 mm magnetic micro-robots to perform a series of operations. Like a clock, the microrobots could lift, move, and collect cubes. The uniqueness of this achievement lies in the 3D space in which robots performed their tasks.
Microrobots are compatible with biological tissues and can be operated in hard-to-reach and even enclosed spaces. This makes the technology promising for biomedical research and applications. "We can remotely manipulate biomedical samples without contaminating them. This can improve existing procedures and open the door to new ones, " says Pinyan Basualdo.
This research was conducted within the framework of the European project RGOGO (Horizon Europe program), which aims to develop an innovative set of micro-robots controlled by artificial intelligence. The results were published in a paper titled "Collaborative Magnetic Agents for 3D Microrobotic Capture" in the journal Advanced Intelligent Systems.
For the first time, researchers from the Surgical Robotics Laboratory at the University of Twente have successfully made two micro-robots work together to lift, move and assemble passive objects in 3D space. This achievement opens up new horizons for promising biomedical applications.
Imagine that you need surgery inside your body in a hard-to-reach place. In the future, a pair of robots smaller than a grain of salt can enter your body and perform surgery. These micro-robots can perform various complex tasks together. "It's almost like magic," says Franco Pignan Basualdo, the corresponding author of the publication.
Researchers from the University of Twente have successfully used two 1 mm magnetic micro-robots to perform a series of operations. Like a clock, the microrobots could lift, move, and collect cubes. The uniqueness of this achievement lies in the 3D space in which robots performed their tasks.
Microrobots are compatible with biological tissues and can be operated in hard-to-reach and even enclosed spaces. This makes the technology promising for biomedical research and applications. "We can remotely manipulate biomedical samples without contaminating them. This can improve existing procedures and open the door to new ones, " says Pinyan Basualdo.
This research was conducted within the framework of the European project RGOGO (Horizon Europe program), which aims to develop an innovative set of micro-robots controlled by artificial intelligence. The results were published in a paper titled "Collaborative Magnetic Agents for 3D Microrobotic Capture" in the journal Advanced Intelligent Systems.
