This small bug is foretell the HeartLander , a tiny lilliputian caterpillar - esque automaton grow by the Carnegie Mellon University ’s Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh . insert via keyhole surgical process , the HeartLander crawls across the surface of the gist to administer drug or attach aesculapian devices . plain this invention could revolutionalize the treatment of cardiac patients while take a shit the repose of the world sick at the mere passel of it . More detail and a picture of the automaton itself right after the jumping .
Dr Cameron Riviere , who developed the HeartLander along with his colleagues , has already examine the gadget on pigs ’ center , where it has put in dye and slip in Pacemaker tip . The 20 millimeter gadget , which attach itself to the fondness via suckers and can move at 18 cm per minute , is manage via either X - shaft of light video or a charismatic tracker , and is controlled using a joystick . word of advice : The video is a bit yikkety - split for first thing . Oops — should I have said this earlier ?
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