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11.23.09

In a Teeny Landslide, Team Zurich Sweeps Nanosoccer Finals

By Anna Maria Jakubek Posted 07.23.2009 at 11:39 am 1 Comment

Nanosoccer Field: NIST

In the recent Robocup 2009 games, in which robots compete for prizes and glory, entrants from many nations held their own. In categories including small, medium, humanoid, 2-D simulation, and 3-D simulation, teams from the U.S., China, Germany, Iran, and quite a few other robot-producing countries played and won.

However, on the smallest playing field of all, there was one clear winner.

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This Is How a Robot Will Crawl Through Your Veins

Virob will twitch through your circulatory system performing microsurgery; a fantastically creepy voyage

By Paul Adams Posted 07.07.2009 at 11:29 am 0 Comments

There's something magnificently creepy about this tiny bot, just one millimeter wide, developed at Israel's Technion University. Maybe it's the resemblance to a twitching tick or flea, or the fact that it's so small there could be insectile bots all around you right now and you'd hardly notice. (The robot, called Virob, has no internal power source--it derives its power from external magnetic fields.

Or maybe it's that the bug is designed to infiltrate human veins, autonomously crawling around our circulatory systems, taking pictures and poking its feelers where no 'bot has gone before.

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