Remote Robo-Flagellum to Swim in Humans

Posted 19 Dec 2006 at 16:07 UTC by Rog-a-matic

Development of a microscopic motor to propel tiny robots capable of swimming through the human body is the goal of Australian's Monash University's mechanical engineering lab. The piezoelectric motor will drive a rotor connected to whip-like propellers modeled after the flagellum of E. coli bacterium. Travel throughout the bloodstream, even into the brain, will be under the remote control of a Doctor.