Have you ever felt uncomfortable with stomach because of accidental swallowing? In the near future, a "mini robot" developed from the pig's intestines can help you accurately find and eliminate these swallowed foods.
What is the digestible "mini robot"?
According to foreign media reports, this digestible "mini robot" was designed and developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which can be used not only for wound healing, drug delivery, but also for the purpose of expelling misplaced food. .
Researchers at MIT called the experiment an "origami robot," which can be folded up and frozen into ice capsules.
Professor Daniela Rus, director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said: When you swallow this "ice capsule," it will hit your stomach, then the ice will melt and the robot unfolds. It is worth mentioning that the researcher can “precisely locate†the parts that the robot needs to reach and enter a lot of narrow areas that were previously inaccessible.
Digestible "mini robot" features
Although the "mini robot" is petite, it can complete the actions of automatically folding, walking, swimming, pushing small obstacles, and even picking up 0.6 grams of luggage, pushing the bean-sized plastic squares and climbing the 15 degree small slope. A passage was created from a pile of debris. What's even more amazing is that after completing the task, it can “destroy†itself and disappear into a specific solution.
When is the digestible "mini robot" available?
It is understood that this "mini robot" has been used on humans or animals for a while. However, the researchers invented a stomach of artificial silica to test it.
Professor Rus said: One of the most important tasks of the robot is to save the lives of children who accidentally swallow the battery. As more and more electronic toys are aimed at children, once a child swallows the battery, it will quickly enter the gastric mucosa or become fatal. This "robot" can quickly find and grab the battery to avoid causing too much damage.
In addition, the robot's frame is biodegradable, equivalent to the casing of the pig's small intestine.
William Messner, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who did not participate in the study, said that because the "robot" is a medical device, its listing process requires FDA approval. It will take about ten years to popularize the device in the hospital.
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