Robot combined with swallowable camera could give docs a better look inside the small intestine (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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The words "intestinal bug" could gain a whole new meaning if a Carnegie Mellon University engineer is successful in his efforts to develop a medical robot for examining the intestinal tract.

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