# MIT engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

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**Tags:** emerging-tech, robotics\
**Created:** [November 15, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/mit-engineers-design-tiny-batteries-for-powering-cell-sized-robots/32194 "2024-11-15T01:06:36Z")\
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Micro-batteries - will this open the door for new smaller devices (robotics)

> **[MIT engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots](https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-engineers-design-tiny-batteries-powering-cell-sized-robots-0815?mc_cid=93a7c2d910&mc_eid=37a0066d69)**
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> A zinc-air microbattery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas pipelines.