 | Mini-Robots to Rove Around Your Insides |
Posted 26 Jan 2006 at 13:07 UTC by The Swirling Brain  |
How will a doctor get at your insides in the future? Well from the
inside of course! Dmitry Oleynikov and colleagues at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha have developed prototype miniature
radio-controlled robots that can rove around your insides. The tiny
robot is only 15 millimeters in diameter and designed for various
Surgical Endoscopy procedures. The size and shape allows
for a tiny incision for inserting the robot through minimally invasive
keyhole surgery. For locomotion the bot has
two rotating aluminum cylinders with a spiral pattern that augers
the robot forward or backward yet won't damage your insides. The center
axle has a camera for taking
pictures and a needle for taking biopsies.
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