How you could see inside your body — with a micro-robot | Alex Luebke, Vivek Kumbhari
How you could see inside your body — with a micro-robot | Alex Luebke, Vivek Kumbhari  
Podcast: TED Talks Daily
Published On: Tue Jun 25 2024
Description: Would you swallow a micro-robot? In a gutsy demo, physician Vivek Kumbhari navigates Pillbot, a wireless, disposable robot swallowed onstage by engineer Alex Luebke, modeling how this technology can swiftly provide direct visualization of internal organs. Learn more about how micro-robots could move us past the age of invasive endoscopies and open up doors to more comfortable, affordable medical imaging. (This talk contains medical imagery.)Want to help shape TED’s shows going forward? Fill out our survey!Become a TED Member today at ted.com/joinLearn more about TED Next at ted.com/futureyou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.