This Tiny Robotic Spider Might One Day Perform Surgeries Inside Your Body

A new fabrication method for millimeter-scale soft robots provides them with unprecedented dexterity, opening up the opportunities for medical applications. To demonstrate this new method, researchers from Harvard's Wyss Institute, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Boston University built a robot spider inspired by the Australian peacock spider. ► Subscribe for more tech & culture videos: http://on.mash.to/subscribe ◄ MORE FROM MASHABLE ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/6ElleCub6uM ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/jAu1ZsTCA64 ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/W8T6fYt9-tA  Subscribe to Mashable: http://on.mash.to/subscribe  Best of playlist: https://on.mash.to/BestOf  MASHABLE ACROSS THE WEB  Mashable.com: http://on.mash.to/1hCcRpl  Facebook: https://ift.tt/2I7KIYV Twitter: https://ift.tt/2IgAQIf Instagram: https://ift.tt/2I6suXD Mashable is for superfans. We're not for the casually curious. Obsess with us. https://ift.tt/2KMDkyx Mashable August 13, 2018 at 07:36PM