To accomplish this, the tiny robot uses pneumatic pressure to grow and magnetics to steer. Its developers suggest that the Vine robot could be used to potentially improve the safety of medical ...

This could allow robot to treat tumours in the deepest, most difficult-to-reach parts of the lungs. The soft, slender robot grows as it moves and can also squeeze through gaps almost 40% thinner ...

However, the magnetic vine robot makes reaching these hard-to-access areas feasible. “We hope to get to the periphery of the lungs, and there deploy treatment or take biopsies,” says Valdastri.

Robots that mimic creeping vine plants could transform cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to a study by University of Leeds; The “magnetic vine robots” developed by Leeds researchers grow as ...

To mimic how plants guide their roots to sources of moisture, the 2 m long robot was composed of thin, flexible bags filled with a type of refrigerant called Novec 7000. The sleeve shaped bags were ...

The plant-inspired robot could one day keep humans safer by extinguishing the hard-to-find remnants of wildfires.

Tiny mCLARI rides a growing vine robot to inspect tight spaces, combining precision and reach for efficient, real-time exploration. Updated: May 23, 2025 08:24 AM EST. 1. Innovation.

SPROUT, an innovative vine robot, navigates rubble to assist emergency responders, providing critical mapping and situational awareness in disaster scenarios.

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson talks about a soft, vine-like robot called SPROUT that aids safe survivor rescues in collapsed buildings.

Researchers at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame, have created a vine-like robot that can squeeze between rubble. The robot could ease emergency responders ...

SPROUT, short for Soft Pathfinding Robotic Observation Unit, is a flexible, vine-like robot developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame. Unlike rigid robots ...