Robot Snake Could One Day Travel Through the Human Gut
A robot shaped like a snake could one day move through the gut, which is the digestive system inside the body. The report presents this as a future possibility rather than a tool already in use, showing how robotics research is aiming at hard-to-reach parts of the body.
Quick glossaryGut, Robotics
- Gut
- The long tube inside your body, from the stomach to the bottom, that digests food and absorbs its nutrients.
- Robotics
- The field of designing machines that can move, sense their surroundings and carry out tasks with some control.
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