College of Science & Engineering

Engineers have shown that it is technically possible to use an AI system to guide a tiny robotic capsule inside the colon to take microultrasound images. 

Known as a ‘Sonopill’, the device could spell the end for painful endoscopic examinations for patients, where a semi-rigid scope is passed into the bowel.

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First published: 20 June 2019