The miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant, or “MIRA,” was developed by Virtual Incision and weighs just 2 pounds, according to the company website.
NASA awarded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln $100,000 through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research to prepare the robot for a test mission in 2024 to the International Space Station.
“It’s going to be very exciting and very fun,” Shane Farritor, PhD, co-founder of Virtual Incision, told the Lincoln Journal Star. “We hope to make our own little splash, and I think it will be an interesting experience.”
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