Tiny robots activated by magnetic fields may be used in future biomedical procedures.

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Research Referenced in this video:

“Millimeter-Scale Flexible Robots with Programmable Three-Dimensional Magnetization and Motions,” by T. Xu; J. Zhang; M. Salehizadeh; O. Onaizah; E. Diller
http://robotics.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.aav4494

“Reconfigurable magnetic microrobot swarm: multi-mode transformation, locomotion and manipulation,” by H. Xie; M. Sun; X. Fan; Z. Lin; W. Chen; L. Wang; Q. He
http://robotics.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.aav8006

“Catalytic antimicrobial robots for biofilm eradication,” by G. Hwang; A.J. Paula; E.E. Hunter; Y.Liu; A. Babeer; B. Karabucak; K. Stebe; V. Kumar; E. Steager; H. Koo
http://robotics.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.aaw2388

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