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RT @newscientist: A robot made of magnetic slime could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident. https://t.co/EYpnx56vNO https://t.co/zA3hMO80xQ
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Robot made of magnetic slime could grab objects inside your body

Slime that can be controlled by a magnetic field can navigate tight spaces and grasp objects, making it ideal for possible uses inside the body

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On Mar 31, 2022
RT @newscientist: A robot made of magnetic slime could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident. https://t.co/EYpnx56vNO https://t.co/zA3hMO80xQ
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Robot made of magnetic slime could grab objects inside your body

Robot made of magnetic slime could grab objects inside your body

Slime that can be controlled by a magnetic field can navigate tight spaces and grasp objects, making it ideal for possible uses inside the body

Magnetic slime 'robot' could help recover swallowed objects

Magnetic slime 'robot' could help recover swallowed objects

Scientists have developed a magnetic, self-healing slime 'robot' that could grab objects in your stomach..

A soft magnetic pixel robot that can be programmed to take different shapes

A soft magnetic pixel robot that can be programmed to take different shapes

Magnetic soft robots are systems that can change shape or perform different actions when a magnetic field is applied to them. These robots have numerous advantageous characteristics, ...

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Automakers start to look away from China for rare earth magnets used in electric motors

Automakers start to look away from China for rare earth magnets used in electric motors

Automakers are considering other options to secure the necessary rare earth magnets beyond China due to the frictions and issues growing there.

China frictions steer electric automakers away from rare earth magnets

China frictions steer electric automakers away from rare earth magnets

As tensions mount between China and the United States, automakers in the West are trying to reduce their reliance on a key driver of the electric vehicle revolution - permanent magnets, ...

Algorithms and Autonomous Discovery

Algorithms and Autonomous Discovery

Materials scientist Ichiro Takeuchi uses machine learning-based discovery to help develop new, alternative materials

Accelerating Learning Through Explore-Before-Explain Experiences

Accelerating Learning Through Explore-Before-Explain Experiences

With many districts facing concerns about the next school year, the temptation may be to teach more science content faster. However, simple shifts in our instructional sequence allow us to ...

How soft robots could be remotely controlled via magnetic fields

How soft robots could be remotely controlled via magnetic fields

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers developed to use magnetic fields to remotely induce soft robots to rearrange their internal structure.

Evolutionary Inverse Material Identification: Bespoke Characterization of Soft Materials Using a Metaheuristic Algorithm

Evolutionary Inverse Material Identification: Bespoke Characterization of Soft Materials Using a Metaheuristic Algorithm

The growing interest in soft robotics has resulted in an increased demand for accurate and reliable material modelling. As soft robots experience high deformations, highly nonlinear ...

Using the fringe field of a clinical MRI scanner enables robotic navigation of tethered instruments in deeper vascular regions

Using the fringe field of a clinical MRI scanner enables robotic navigation of tethered instruments in deeper vascular regions

Navigating tethered instruments through the vasculatures to reach deeper physiological locations presently inaccessible would extend the applicability of many medical interventions, ...

A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020

A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020

Eighty percent of medical robotics papers have been published in the past decade—What has been accomplished?

Tiny, Creepy-Crawly Robot Delivers Drugs Inside the Body

Tiny, Creepy-Crawly Robot Delivers Drugs Inside the Body

Researchers in China have developed a centipede-like soft robot capable of delivering targeted medications inside the body.

What Magnetic Fields Do to Your Brain and Body

What Magnetic Fields Do to Your Brain and Body

The magnetic force is with you all the time, but what happens when it gets turned up?

This magnetic robot arm was inspired by octopus tentacles

This magnetic robot arm was inspired by octopus tentacles

Inspired by the arms of octopuses, this robotic arm has origami panels that twist and is remote-controlled through a magnetic field.