I recently finished the Silo series by Hugh Howey, a self-published collection of novellas that details life in a near-future, post-apocalyptic world where all that remains of humanity has been ...
Capsule robot toolkit. Source: Vanderbilt Univ. To accelerate development of capsule-sized endorobots, a team at Vanderbilt University has developed an open-source platform for capsule robots.
Soft robots could be made from biocompatible and biodegradable materials—and, he says, might even be formed into capsules to be swallowed for more effective and less invasive endoscopies.