Implantable Microrobots: Innovative Manufacturing Platform Makes Intricate Biocompatible Micromachines
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - 15:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a way to manufacture microscale-sized machines from biomaterials that can safely be implanted in the body. Working with hydrogels, they have invented a new technique that stacks the soft material in layers to make devices that have three-dimensional, freely moving parts. The study demonstrates a fast manufacturing method they call "implantable microelectromechanical systems" (iMEMS). (Science Robotics 1/4/17)