Technology

Could Microscopic Robots Run Through Your Veins?

Four-legged robots, the width of a hair in size, can be powered by shooting lasers shooting into onboard solar cells.

Michael Hunter, MD
3 min readSep 13, 2020

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Fantastic Voyage is a science fiction film from 1966. The movie involves a submarine crew. The characters have shrunk down to microscopic size and travel into the body of an injured scientist. Spoiler alert: The group ultimately repairs his brain by destroying a blood clot.

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Michael Hunter, MD

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com