‘Swallowable robot’ can heal inside human body

Posted by | May 14, 2016 07:39 | Filed under: Planet Pot Luck

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It’s called the “origami Robot” that can be swallowed and work internally on the digestive system.

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sheffield University, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology trialed the fold-up device in a mock stomach and found it was able to dislodge and remove foreign objects such as batteries.

The researchers also believe the robot can be modified to deliver drugs and also perform targeted surgery in otherwise inaccessible regions of stomach and gut.

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3 responses to ‘Swallowable robot’ can heal inside human body

  1. bpollen May 14th, 2016 at 16:50

    In all honesty, that would be a hard pill to swallow…

    • mistlesuede May 14th, 2016 at 18:06

      Har har! :)

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