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Who knew that one day robots will cure you from inside your body... To address the diagnostic issues, scientists have developed capsule robots in collaboration with the CRIM laboratory, SSSA, Italy, that include legs. The latest version in a series of prototypes matches the dimensions of commercial pill-cameras (11 mm diameter by 25 mm long) and is thus swallow-able. It includes 12 legs, which are actuated by two motors.

The key idea of this design is a novel slot-follower mechanism driven via lead-screw. Check out the video below that demonstrates the crawling robot capsules inside the animal. Check out the research page