MIT builds a soft inchworm-style robot to examine and treat the small intestine

MIT engineers led by Giovanni Traverso built a soft robotic enteroscope that alternately inflates balloons and uses kirigami-patterned grip surfaces to crawl through the small intestine. In animal tests it travelled about six and a half feet and used its camera, drug sprayer and clips. The work appears in Science Robotics.

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