Ingestible Origami Robot (+Video)
Robot unfolds from ingestible capsule, removes button battery stuck to wall of simulated stomach.
Larry Hardesty | May 12, 2016
The new work, which the researchers are presenting this week at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, builds on a long sequence of papers on origami robots from the research group of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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The origami robot unfolds in the stomach and can be steered by external magnetic fields. Source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/ingestible-origami-robot/ |
<more at http://news.mit.edu/2016/ingestible-origami-robot-0512; related articles and links: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/05/13/origami-robot-can-be-swallowed-in-pill-and-then-sent-on-missions/ (+Video) ('Origami robot' can be swallowed in pill and then sent on missions in the human body. May 13, 2016) and http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/ingestible-origami-robot/ (+Video) (Swallowed a battery? This ingestible origami robot will get it out, May 14, 2016)>
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