Computer graphic of a 0.25 mm microvehicle with iron wheels (gold) and a polymer chassis (red). (Image courtesy of Alcântara et al., Nature Communications 2020)
Researchers in Zurich reported today that they have invented a manufacturing technique to build “micromachines” out of metal and plastic in which these two materials are interlocked as closely as links in a chain.
These robots are so tiny that they can maneuver through blood vessels and deliver medications to certain points in the body — a goal that researchers have been pursuing for years — the scientists wrote in a paper published in the journal Nature Communications.
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