Mucus Trail Robot to Travel Through Human Intestines

Instead of having a robot to crawl by your intestines, how about it slipping length on a slipping mucus trail? A group of researchers of university of Delft of technology, in the Netherlands, adopts this approach of novel to the exploration of inter-body in order to protect the sensitive lining from the plan of intestines.

The is the develops by tube-formed robot which will have several polymer “feet”. The feet stick to mucus striping the interior of the intestines. The foot towards before-more will seize the wall of intestine while the feet postpone will be made to slip freely ahead by pulverizing them with water. Then, the back foot will seize the wall, by employing a surface different of polymer, and the front feet will advance ahead. The process can then be repeated to create inch-worm-like the movement by the goal of intestines.

The is the test the robot inside a length of intestine of pig, whereas it carries a camera and a tool for biopsy, towards the end of the year.