Water and land use millimeter -level robots are available, or it can be used for minimally invasive medical diagnosis

Science Fiction Network June 15 (Wang Ziyu) Recently, the British "Nature · Communication" magazine reported that scientists at Stanford University in the United States have developed a rotated wireless water and land dual -use millimeter robot. It is reported that the machine can be used in land and water, and it can use magnets and origami folding to move multi -directional rotation.

The diameter of the robot's section is 7.8 mm, which is composed of hollow cylindrical origami and attached magnet disks. It can make a variety of actions such as rolling, flipping and rotation through the folding capacity of origami, and can achieve no hindrance movement in various environments. In addition, it can perform a variety of tasks, including drug transfer and directional solid cargo transportation in liquid.

In the test of scientists, the robot can move quickly in a variety of terrain and environment, and it can also swim in the water. When liquid, it can promote its own forward wirelessly and transport liquid drugs.

Scientists said that the existing origami robot design system is complex and the functionality is not comprehensive. Moreover, the existing origami robot has limited motion mode and cannot be moved in land and water at the same time. The design of this amphibious robotic structure newly studied by scientists is clever. As long as the foldability of origami can control the deformation and movement of the robot.

In the next study, scientists will continue to reduce the scale of robotics, thereby further conducting micro -scale research. Scientists hope that in the future, millimeter robots can serve as a minimally invasive device to effectively serve medical diagnosis and treatment.

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