The blood vessel robot was first developed by domestic researchers. It runs through blood vessels of living animals and clears clogged ones that are filled with blood clots. A robot research team under the leadership of Prof. Park Jong-Oh developed the \\
blood vessel robot\\
, with 1mm diameter and 5mm length. They had a test-drive through blood vessel of miniature pigs, of which pulsation is similar to that of human\\
s. This lays a bedrock for related technologies for developing microbot for medical purposes of Korea. The result of research was released at \\
A Special Workshop for Microbot Experts\\
on May 3 by Prof. Park. He was invited by ICRA (International Conference on Robotics and Automation) under IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)