This snake-like robot could be used for colonoscopies

[Image from Ben-Gurion University]Ben-Gurion University researchers are working on creating an ingestible snake-like robot that can navigate through the small intestine for a robotic colonoscopy. The tiny, swallowable robot, deemed SAW (single actuator wave-like robot), moves in a wave motion and is able to move through the environment of the small intestine. “The external shape of the robot is a 2D projection of a rotating helix,” said David Zarrouk, one of the robot’s inventors and head of the Bio-Inspired and Medical Robotics Lab at BGU, in a press release. “We can simply reverse the direction by reversing the direction of the rotating motor.” Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing. The post This snake-like robot could be used for colonoscopies appeared first on MassDevice.
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