25 Jun 2024
10m

How you could see inside your body — with a micro-robot | Alex Luebke, Vivek Kumbhari

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This podcast episode explores the concept of micro-robotics in healthcare, focusing on the use of a small wireless robot called Pillbot. Pillbot can navigate inside the human body and is equipped with a camera, allowing doctors to visualize internal organs and identify abnormalities. The use of robotics in healthcare has the potential to revolutionize diagnostic and therapeutic interventions at a microscopic level, offering better health assessments and treatments. Pillbot's capabilities can be extended to other parts of the body, and future developments include autonomous control and nanoscale robots.

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