Category: magnetic

Block-like robots could assemble into emergency staircases

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In barcodes, csail, flywheel, m-blocks, magnetic, mit, Robots, self-assembling, Tech, Video

[ad_1] Each M-Block contains a flywheel inside that spins at 20,000 rpm, along with permanent magnets on each edge and face. That lets them leap, crawl and spin along using angular momentum, then clip onto other M-Block’s magnetically. As such, despite their seeming simplicity, they can band together to form structures and do tasks. “Other […]

MIT’s thread-like robot can slip through blood vessels in your brain

Post author By Randall
Post date August 29, 2019
Categories In aneurysm, blood clots, blood vessels, brain, brain surgery, brain vessel, engineers, fluoroscope, Gaming, gear, hydrogel, magnetic, medicine, mit, nickel, remote, robot, robotic, Robots, soft robot, stroke, surgeons, surgery, Tech, thread, tomorrow

[ad_1] The team described the “magnetically steerable, hydrogel-coated robotic thread” in a paper published in Science Robotics. The core of the thread is made from nickel-titanium alloy, which is both bendy and springy. It’s coated with a rubbery paste, or ink, which is embedded with magnetic particles. That’s then covered with a hydrogel, which makes […]