i-Snake

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Monday, January 21st, 2008

Incase it slipped my mind and I haven’t blogged about i-Snake…

i-Snake is a new robotic surgeon that is storming its way through the news recently (a few months ago..). Basically, it is an extremely flexible robot that is able to see where we can’t.

This highly flexible robot ‘could allow coronary bypass operations to be performed without the need for open-heart surgery.’ And it would help heal your heart after travelling through blood vessels. The research team thinks that the i-Snake could also be used as a diagnosis tool replacing the eyes of a surgeon when looking inside us.

It sounds very promising. However, when thinking of the worst… what happens if it can’t get out? Or, what happens if it was short circuited? I’m sure that would be highly unlikely, but … what if? Although, the benefits outweigh the risks by far.

Link.

Tags: robot, snake, surgeon, flexible, i-Snake

Posted in: News, Robot News.

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