Ingestible Robots. The Technology is moving the Medical Science so far. According to a Research the number of existing medical students is much lesser than the previous Era so in upcoming years we will have shortage of Doctors.That gonna be huge problem for the society So there will only one way to get rid of this problem i.e. Technology .
There are so many ways to refine Medical Science and Ingestible Robots are one of them . Using these Robots there is no need to cut the Human Body for minor Operations.
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Ingestible Robots
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2. Future of Medical Science
Augmented Reality
Google Brain
Artificial Organs/Skins
3D Printing
3. Introduction
Ingestible or Origami Robot that can unfold itself from a
swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl
across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or
patch a wound.
Researchers at MIT, The University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo
Institute of Technology have demonstrated the Idea of Origami
Robots in experiments involving a simulation of the human
esophagus (throat to Stomach).
One research institution that is advancing robotic medical
implementation is the Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory at MIT. In 2016, Professor Daniela Rus
and a team of researchers created an ingestible robot that could be
controlled magnetically outside of a patient.
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5. What it is able to do..?
Remove Foreign Objects.
Deliver Medicine to the designated Location.
Patch the Wound.
Perform instant Operations using Micro-Scissor.
Predict the upcoming Disease.
6. Design
The design consists of a specially folded sheet of dried pig intestine and a tiny magnet. Folded up, this
capsule can be swallowed by a patient. It then hits the stomach and unfolds in the acidic juices, where
it can be guided to complete certain tasks using external magnets.
The scientists bought a pig's stomach and modeled a cross-section of it using silicon. They filled the
model with water and lemon juice to mimic the acidic fluids of the stomach, and carried out test runs,
finding and removing a battery using their origami bot.
The device is folded into an origami shape and encapsulated in ice to form a pill that can melt and
unfold once it reaches the stomach.
The next step is to add sensors to the robot and redesign it so it's able to control itself without the need
of an external magnetic field.
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8. Conclusion
MIT says that every year in the US there are more than 3,500 reports of swallowed
batteries. If left in the stomach or esophagus these can burn the tissue. The researchers
suggest that the origami meat robot could be deployed in these scenarios to find the
magnet, pulling it free from the tissue and guiding it toward the colon for evacuation.
In recent decades, advancements in engineering and artificial intelligence have allowed
scientists to equip robots with the tools needed to perform medical procedures.
The design is very much a work-in-progress, but its creators think it offers a promising
model for the future.