Researchers say the microrobot swarms - operating under a rotating magnetic field - could be used to ... before they will be ready for real-world applications. “The magnetic microrobot swarms ...

By rotating magnetic fields around the robots ... the technology moves closer to practical applications in medicine, manufacturing, and environmental cleanup. The key challenge remains developing ...

But, there may be another way, albeit a rather special case, where a magnet can not only be levitated, but locked in place using a rotating magnetic field. The video shows a demonstration of how ...

Unlike traditional rotating gantries ... to create a steady-state toroidal magnetic field that can direct particle beams onto a tumor from any direction, sparing the patient from any stray ...