Robot set loose to film your insides

• Autores: Duncan Graham-Rowe
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2536, 2006, pág. 26
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Graham-Rowe details the new radio-controlled robot developed by Dmitry Oleynikov and colleagues at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. The robot can move around inside the stomach or abdomen to give surgeons a new perspective on the area being operated on. It is also equipped with a retractable needle, allowing it to perform biopsies. The device is made up of two rotating aluminum cylinders connected by a thick axle, which carries the camera.