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Snake-Inspired Robot Scope Crawls Through the Small Intestine

Original: A Snake-Inspired Robotic Scope Inches Through the Small Intestine

Researchers have developed a snake-inspired robotic endoscope designed to inch through the small intestine, an area of the digestive tract that is difficult for conventional scopes to reach. The robot's serpentine movement is intended to let it navigate the intestine's long, winding folds with greater control, potentially improving diagnosis of conditions like bleeding, tumors and Crohn's disease.

Why now: The medical robotics community is discussing a novel approach to reaching the small intestine, one of the hardest areas to examine endoscopically.

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