Origami robot in the pill can help surgeons

Оригами-робот в пилюле сможет помочь хирургам

A small robot is placed in a capsule of ice, the dimensions are not greater than the usual pill. Inside it folded in an accordion as soon as the capsule melts, it expands and begins to act. Built-in inside robot magnet not only allows the technician to move the device to the desired location, but can also help with things a little more complicated — the kid is well magnetic a small foreign body. Therefore, it is much easier to grab and help pull from the body of a small round battery or a bolt. In short, everything that children love so much to haul in my mouth and swallow.

Researchers at mit is not the first year working on such devices and have demonstrated their achievements earlier. As can be seen, scientists do not stop working, constantly improving their devices and continue to move forward, putting into practice their ideas, trying to make them really need.

Professor Daniela Rus, who oversees the development of robots is origami, glad a small, albeit fairly primitive device created by her team, will soon be able to benefit in helping medical staff deal with their work.

An ordinary robot, powered and controlled through cables is not always convenient, and the kids-origami yet not smart enough to work offline, so now the team works on their improvement. It is planned to implement robotic origami sensors and to alter their design so that they could move independently, without the aid of an external magnetic field.

Origami robot in the pill can help surgeons
Vyacheslav Larionov


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