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A Snake-Inspired Robot Built for the Small Intestine

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have built a soft robot. It travels through the narrow small intestine and acts as a robotic enteroscope. This thin, tube-like medical tool is used to look inside and treat the small intestine. It carries a camera for imaging, a sprayer to put on medicine, and clips. These clips remove small growths…

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