2018 錄像 Video
城大領導的研究團隊成功研發像毛蟲般多足的微型軟體機械人，能夠在惡劣環境下載運重物。
機械人憑多足設計，大幅減少與表面摩擦，令它可在佈滿體液的人體內，甚至浸沒於血液或黏液裡時，都可以迅速移動。機械人的柔軟身體和可變形腿足，令它可越過比它的腿長10倍的障礙物。實驗證明，機械人的載重能力極佳，可負載其體重100倍的物件，相等於一個人輕易舉起一輛26座位小型巴士。
這個微型運輸機械人，可望革新醫療科技，例如在人體內輸送藥物等。
A novel tiny, soft robot with caterpillar-like legs capable of carrying heavy loads and adaptable to adverse environment was developed by a CityU research-led team.
Thanks to its multi-leg design, which helps reduce friction significantly, the mini robot can move efficiently inside surfaces in the body lined with, or entirely immersed in, body fluids, such as blood or mucus. When facing an obstacle ten times higher than its leg length, it can cross the obstacle with its adaptable soft legs easily. Also, laboratory tests show that it can carry a load 100 times its own weight, which is comparable to a human easily lifting a 26-seat minibus.
This mini delivery-robot could pave way for medical technology advancement such as drugs delivery in human body.
