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Dr. Friend stated they could be used to perform such tasks as the cleaning of arteries in the brain or the recording and transmittal of images to medical personnel from far-reaches within the human body.

He added, "The first complete device we want to build would have a camera.”

A 1:43 minute video of microbot simulation is found on the before-mentioned website of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

After testing the device in liquid about as thick as human blood, Friend made a comment on its ability in the future to go inside articles.

He proudly stated, “It swam.” [Sydney Morning Herald]

The engineers and scientists with the Proteus team plan to next test their Proteus robot inside animals.

For additional information on the Proteus microbot, please read the Discover magazine article "The World's Smallest Motor Could Propel a Medical 'Microbot' Through Arteries."



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