Scientists create micro robot that moves inside your body to deliver medicine

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A tiny amphibious robot which can swim through bodily fluids and navigate obstacles to deliver drugs exactly where they need to go, has been developed by scientists.

Stanford University has released astonishing footage showing its pea-sized millibot jumping over hurdles, leaping through the air before plunging into a tank of water to collect a small piece of cargo.

Scientists hope that a similar strategy could be used to place high-concentration drugs exactly where they need to be in the body. Currently when people swallow a drug, or have it injected in the body, it spreads throughout the system, which limits how