2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of autonomous colonoscopy inspired by amoeba locomotion
| Project/Area Number |
26750172
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Medical systems
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| Research Institution | Ryukoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | クローラロボット / アメーバ / 大腸内視鏡 |
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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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| Free Research Field |
ロボット工学
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