January 30, 2009 Researchers from Monash University in Australia are working on microbot motors designed to swim through the human bloodstream. Dubbed the "Proteus" after the miniature submarine that ...

The tiny Proteus motor, at only 2.5 times the width of a human hair, is small enough to enter the bloodstream and perform duties previously requiring some surgical slice-and-dice. Researchers at ...

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed a piezoelectric motor that's 0.25 mm wide, which they claim is 70% smaller than the smallest design out there. The Proteus motor, named ...

The Proteus motor built by the Australian engineers is about one millimeter long and approximately one-fourth millimeter wide (less than the width of three human hairs). It is powered by piezoelectric ...