Can surgery become less invasive by using natural orifices rather than incisions? More specifically, is it possible to explore the breast ducts with a soft robot for early breast cancer detection? This is the main topic of my postdoc.
MAMMOBOT is the system proposed to tackle this question.
Here is a short video of the work accomplished during my postdoc:
Here is a 12 min version of the work accomplished during my postdoc:
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https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/researchers-develop-prototype-robot-to-detect-breast-cancer-earlier
https://www.surgerycdt.com/development-of-a-flexible-microrobo
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