Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of advanced medical devices, including tiny ...

What if you could swallow a tiny robot that could diagnose, monitor and treat health issues in your gut without scheduling an uncomfortable or time-consuming outpatient procedure? Researchers at the ...

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Medical providers have a wide swath of imaging options to help peer inside a patient’s abdomen and ...

Illustration of the mechanical design and workflow of the macabot. (a) Schematic of a multichamber capsule robot with four single-chamber capsules with decoupled opening directions. (b) Photograph of ...

In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot ...

Magnetically steerable capsule robot has potential to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal conditions, reduce reliance on invasive endoscopies.