Sperm-Inspired Robots Could Aid In Vitro Fertilization

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Just when you thought you'd seen every kind of robot there is, researchers develop bots inspired by sperm.

The tiny robots mimic the shape and movement of sperm cells and can be steered using magnetic fields. Dubbed "MagnetoSperm," the robots could be useful for administering medicine or carrying out in vitro fertilization, researchers say.
"Nature has designed efficient tools for locomotion at micro scales," study leader Sarthak Misra, a mechanical engineer at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, said in a statement.