A new start-up company in the United States, has been investing in the development of a pill-sized robot. It is used to replace the endoscope machine and can even directly determine the entry into the surgical process.
PillBot can be said to be the world's first publicly released capsule robot. It looks slightly larger than ordinary pills. It has a lens, LED light set, laser light, data conversion module, battery pack and special drive motor at the front. It is transparent. The system platform developed and the wireless controller of Microsoft Xbox further allow PillBot to actively check the entire gastrointestinal status in 30 minutes in the form of real-time video.
This product has entered the in vivo experimental stage. The ultimate goal is to achieve the results of remote medical treatment and allow people who are inconvenient to go out. Patients can use PillBot at home to allow surgeons to remotely collect specimens from patients in the hospital and even perform minimally invasive surgeries.