| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Recently, the number of the colorectal cancer or polyp patient has been increasing. Colonoscope is often used to diagnostic and treatment from rectal to colon. However, passing an endoscope through the sigmoid colon in the large intestine is the most difficult operation in conventional large intestine endoscopy. Therefore many robots are developed but they cannot moves by itself or fast. Thus we newly proposed a simple and compact cylindrical crawler mechanism inspired by amoeba locomotion for colonoscope. In this experiment, the utility of developed crawler robot for colonoscopy was demonstrated.
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