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a mouse feeling fine

Technology

Tiny robots crawl through mouse's stomach to heal ulcers

Bacterial infections in mice have been cleared up by bubble-propelled micromotors that swim through the stomach and release antibiotic payloads - and then dissolve in stomach acid

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Robot spots signs of melted fuel at submerged Fukushima reactor

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Robot spots signs of melted fuel at submerged Fukushima reactor

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Michael Phelps swimming

Technology

Tiny robots swim the front crawl through your veins

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Bendy robot navigates maze

Technology

Bioinspired tube robot can sneak round corners and turn on taps

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Woman in harness

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Robot physical therapist helps people walk again after a stroke

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Wire-based robot

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Transformer robots can be printed on demand in just 13 minutes

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robots patrolling city

Life

The ethics issue: Should we give robots the right to kill?

Features

Gecko-inspired robot has grippers that could clean up space junk

Life

Gecko-inspired robot has grippers that could clean up space junk

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Can we count on utopian dreamers to change the world?

Technology

Can we count on utopian dreamers to change the world?

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Synthetic iris could let cameras react to light like our eyes do

Technology

Synthetic iris could let cameras react to light like our eyes do

The iris in our eyes shrinks the pupil in bright light and enlarges it in the dark, and now an artificial version could do the same for both eyes and cameras

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Technology

This handy robot will iron your clothes so you don't have to

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Space

This science fiction trip is delightful, confusing – and risky

Culture

Technology

Robot dog has an artificial woof that sounds like the real thing

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Technology

Robots will be more useful if they are made to lack confidence

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