'Magnetic tweezers': Making robotic surgery safer and more precise with a human touch
Imagine if a doctor could remotely do a non-invasive, highly precise medical procedure on her patients using a tiny robot, or ...
Thea Energy Demonstrates Performance and Controllability of Small and Simple Magnets for Fusion Energy
The world’s first superconducting planar coil magnet array successfully created and controlled stellarator-relevant magnetic field structuresThe ...
Magnetic microalgae: Tiny swimmers are on a mission to become robots
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart developed a biohybrid micro ...
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Multi-section magnetic soft robot with multirobot navigation system for vasculature intervention
A research paper by scientists at the University of Macau proposed a novel multi-section magnetic soft robot maneuvered by an associated collaborative multirobot navigation system with magnetic ...
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Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...
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Tiny wearable simulates a lifelike sense of touch for VR experiences
Today's virtual reality games and content can be pretty immersive, but they largely miss the mark when it comes to haptic ...
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Ultra-wide, ultra-bright: Canon reveals new hybrid lens for bolder storytelling in video and stills
Despite its shorter focal length, the RF 20mm F1.4L VCM shares a consistent design with the other Canon RF F1.4L hybrid prime ...
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Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
Magnetometers can work in different ways. The simplest use coils of wire which, when passed through a magnetic field, generate an electrical current. The voltage of that current provides ...