Worm Robot Can Crawl Through Human Gut.

By Alex in Everything Else on Jun 7, 2006 at 12:29 pm

European scientists have designed a robot that can crawl through the human intestines by mimicking the wriggling motion of a polychaete or "paddle worm", a form of undersea worm.

"We turned to biological inspiration because, in the peculiar environment of the gut, traditional forms of robotic locomotion don’t work," says Arianna Menciassi, a roboticist from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy.

"Worms have locomotion systems suited to such unstructured, slippery environments." …

Next, the researchers plan to develop a robot equipped with a camera and light source that can capture video footage as it travels.

Link – via Starspirit


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  1. elk master
    Jun 7th, 2006 at 2:46 pm

    this first thing this brings to my mind is that worm like tracking device they extract from neo in the matrix. um, ouch…

  2. Loopy Loo
    Jun 7th, 2006 at 5:11 pm

    Hey, didn’t Neatorama offer to be the guinea pig in exchange for the rights to post the footage?…

  3. Alex
    Jun 7th, 2006 at 5:23 pm

    What would you find inside your intestines? Hopefully NOT this… , courtesy of Norwood Matt, btw.

  4. Loopy Loo
    Jun 7th, 2006 at 6:53 pm

    That’s awful!

  5. Chris Johnston
    Jun 8th, 2006 at 12:26 pm

    Yep, looks like the Matrix “bug”!


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