벌레같이 기어다니는 로봇 장난감 Would YOU let a robot crawl through your intestines?: VIDEO
경제문화 Economy, Culture/아이디어 Idea info.2017. 3. 29. 02:59
Would YOU let a robot crawl through your intestines? Worm-like machine could be miniaturised to help doctors spot digestive issues
- The SAW robot is the first to move forwards and backwards in a wave motion
- Researchers believe they could scale it up to be used in search and rescue
- Or it could be scaled down to a diameter of 1 cm to crawl through the intestines
- The team is still working on a material compatible with this, but hope to soon test a prototype in a pig intestine
At first glance you might mistake this worm-like robot as a child's toy.
But the innovative machine is the world's first 3D-printed robot that can move forwards or backwards in a wave-like motion.
Its designers hope to miniaturise the robot to make it small enough to swallow, allowing it to crawl along through the intestines to actively visualise the digestive system.
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