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Record 1 2013-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

A highly miniaturized robot.

CONT

Microrobots, weighing next to nothing, could be sent on planetary-exploration trips or on trouble-shooting missions to inaccessible areas inside nuclear submarines. Or they could be used for surveillance and other military missions.

CONT

Imagine a robot the size of a gnat. Its mission; a trip through the body's vascular system to correct a heart defect. Until recently, such machines have been the stuff of science fiction. Now, in a handful of laboratories around the world, scientists are crafting devices that may one day undertake just such fantastic voyages. These mini-robots are the building blocks of a revolutionary new technology: micromachines.

Key term(s)
  • minirobot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
Key term(s)
  • micro-robot

Spanish

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