Thinking is deep, who would expect it to be the savior of man in the future

This bizarre "creature" has the ability to run, jump, crawl, roll and swim quite nicely, even it can even move from the water environment to the ground. But they can help that medicine.

Researchers in Germany have recently developed a robot that is only 0.7 inches (1.7cm) with looks that looks like a small worm.

A special feature is that this robot has the ability to run, jump, crawl, roll and swim quite nicely. It may even come from the water environment moving up and down.

But what is the purpose of this robot? The answer is to serve in medicine - such as transporting drugs to a certain position in the body.

This robot has the ability to run, jump, crawl, roll and swim quite nicely.

Metin Sitti - head of the Department of Physical Intelligence at Max Planck Institute shared: "This robot model is designed to be small enough to move around the stomach or urinary system. The special thing in research is a minimalist designed robot. to get the ability to move in a complex environment ".

What material is this robot made of? And how does it work?

This tiny robot is made of elastic rubber covered with many small magnets. The researchers programmed the magnet attribute for these microscopic particles so, thanks to the effect of the magnetic field, the robot could change shape to whatever shape it wanted.

It will then perform various motions. That's why when they crawl, crawl, jump . look like a real creature.

Where can they work? And how will it be changed?

One of the main goals today is to bring this microdollar robot into the digestive system or urinary system and in the future it will be the blood circulatory system - next, it can go through complicated tissues and surfaces. .

If you look at existing medical equipment, the smallest thing can be a catheter (only 1mm in diameter), often broken.

These robots can reach anywhere in the body.

The goal of making this micro robot is the ability to penetrate an area that is difficult or inaccessible in the human body.

Sitti said: "These robots are small enough to penetrate the digestive system, urinary system. But we want to continue to make them smaller, even just a few dozen micrometres in size to be accessible. anywhere in the body ".

Do you think that someday they are used to transport drugs?

One of the functions scientists are exploring is how to transport something into the body, such as medicine.

This robot can change shape according to any desired shape.

There are many different ways, with the change in shape, researchers can bring transporting drugs into the necessary position.

The second method to do this is to design a small bag on the robot body and this bag only opens when there is a command from the human.

Do you think they were inspired by the movements of jellyfish, caterpillars .?

Sitti said: "Basically, we take this inspiration and apply it to the robot. It's a scientific challenge - how to combine caterpillars, jellyfish and other creatures into a relatively compact robot that can move to move in complex environments ".

Could they be trapped inside the body?

"This version cannot be completely decomposed. One of the projects we are working on is creating a super robot that can decompose in the body, with no side effects, toxicity or any problems. Anything for a human body?

That is one of the team's key objectives. It's entirely feasible, which means we have had elastomeric materials, nano-magnetic particles that can completely decompose in the body but the problem is their ability to combine them, "said Dr Sitti. .