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Monthly Archives: April 2009

News: Medical Micro-robots Made As Small As Bacteria

20-Apr-09

Micro robots built by researchers for medical purpose. Here the complete news:

medical micro robotArtificial bacterial flagella are about half as long as the thickness of a human hair. They can swim at a speed of up to one body length per second. This means that they already resemble their natural role models very closely.

They look like spirals with tiny heads, and screw through the liquid like miniature corkscrews. When moving, they resemble rather ungainly bacteria with long whip-like tails. They can only be observed under a microscope because, at a total length of 25 to 60

RobuLAB, new robot to assist elderly at home

20-Apr-09

RobuLAB

This news comes from ehealtheurope.net. I believe others robots will soon be created to make human life easier…

French robotics specialist Robosoft and SRI International have demonstrated a new service robot designed to assist the elderly at home.

The RobuLAB, is able to navigate, follow and assist people moving from room to room using SRI Karto navigation software.