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Having Stomach Troubles? Try Swallowing an Origami Robot


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Origami robot in stomach model

In this July 13, 2016 photo, a tiny "origami robot" floats, at right, towards a "wound" in a stomach model at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.

Credit: AP Photo/Elise Amendola

Has your child swallowed a small battery? In the future, a tiny robot made from pig gut could capture it and expel it.

From The Associated Press
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