Tiny robot you can swallow

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Mar 10 Tiny robot you can swallow

Researchers from MIT, University of Sheffield and Tokyo Institute of Technology designed a tiny ingestible robot that can crawl across the stomach wall to remove unwanted objects or patch a wound. The robot, controlled by external magnets, is encapsulated in a pill and can unfold itself on its own.