Nikhil Srivastava, a young Indian mathematician, on Thursday became the first joint winner of the prestigious 2014 George Polya Prize for finding a solution to a problem that had eluded mathematicians for more than half a century.
The robot can have potential uses in invasive surgery and oil well drilling, among other applications, scientists say.
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