Toshiba and Keio University have invented the world's smallest robotic forceps -- just 3 mm in diameter -- which will be used for endoscopic abdomen, brain and heart surgery. The new, tiny instrument will be rolled out Monday in Nagoya, Japan, at RoboMec 2004 for the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. It's the next best thing to shrinking a submarine and crew and injecting them into the bloodstream.
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