Ingestible, Controllable, and Degradable Origami Robot for Patching Stomach Wounds

Ingestible, Controllable, and Degradable Origami Robot for Patching Stomach Wounds

Developing miniature robots that can carry out versatile clinical procedures inside the body under the remote instructions of medical professionals has been a long time challenge. In his paper, we present origami-based robots that can be ingested into the stomach, locomote to a desired location, pat...

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Main Authors: Shuhei, Miyashita (Contributor), Guitron, Steven P. (Contributor), Yoshida, Kazuhiro (Author), Li, Shuguang (Contributor), Damian, Dana D. (Author), Rus, Daniela L. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016-06-09T13:39:02Z.
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