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The soft robotic devices could be used to deliver drugs directly to internal tissues.
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Ultrasound-driven programmable artificial muscles
This little robot looks like a miniature stingray and could be swallowed to release drugs inside your digestive tract. The researchers behind it call it ‘stingraybot’ and it can swim through liquids, propelled along by a combination of ultrasound waves and tiny bubbles.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00456-5
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