2024-01-27 19:21:44
Suspended on a cable the size of a hair, like a grain of rice, it is in fact a microscopic robot. A technological feat, developed in the Robeauté laboratory, by around fifteen engineers in electronics, IT and even mechanics. It is impossible to work on site without a microscope. On a micromotor, for example, to integrate the 1.8 millimeter diameter robot, each component has been miniaturized. We see a strange rocket, intended to navigate our brain. Today, the team trains the robot on animal models. Fine-grained navigation that has no room for error. With on-board tools, the robot will be able to collect diseased neurons for diagnosis or even provide treatment. The device will be tested on humans within two years. It also opens up research perspectives. It is estimated that one in eight people worldwide have a neurological disease. The robot’s first medical applications will concern brain cancers and neurodegenerative pathologies, such as Parkinson’s. TF1 | Report C. Bayle, H. Massiot
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