Ingestible origami robot unfolds inside the stomach to remove button batteries - Gizmag

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Ingestible origami robot unfolds inside the stomach to remove button batteries Gizmag This isn't the first origami-inspired robot we've seen and builds on previous work in the field. The result of a collaborative effort with scientists from MIT, the University of Sheffield and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the bot consists of a ... A child swallows a battery every 3 hours. This remarkable pill-sized origami robot could remove them [video]Boonville Daily News Ingestible Robot Operates In Simulated StomachNewsroom America all 5 news articles »