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India just released its first checks from a groundbreaking $12 billion innovation fund designed to help tech startups turn prototypes into real products. Five companies working on satellites, medical robots, and life-saving therapies are leading the way.
Engineers just created a soft robot that moves without motors or gears, using only heat and origami-inspired folding patterns. The breakthrough could lead to tiny medical robots that deliver drugs inside the human body.
A Florida hospital is piloting transport robots that could help overworked staff spend more time with patients and less time pushing stretchers. The technology aims to support hospital workers, not replace them.
Scientists discovered how small creatures swim efficiently in a "mesoscale" realm of physics, revealing the secret to building tiny robots that could deliver drugs directly to tumors. The breakthrough could transform medical treatment without harming the whole body.
Humanoid robots named Pepper and NAO are already helping children overcome medical fears, practice speech therapy, and manage chronic illness in hospitals across three continents. New research from the University of Victoria reveals how these empathetic machines are paving the way for a future where caring robots become as common as nurses.
Scientists created a swallowable robot the size of a miniature stingray that swims through your body using ultrasound waves and bubbles to deliver medicine exactly where it's needed. This breakthrough could revolutionize how doctors treat digestive problems without surgery.