Adam Savage Swallows This Camera Robot!

Summary by Krater

Adam Savage visits Endiatx to examine the pillbot, the world's smallest virtual endoscope robot designed to be swallowed for real-time stomach imaging, and tests its navigation in a water tank.

From the video

Answers: What is the Pillbot swallowable micro robot and how does it work?

• swallowable micro robots
• virtual endoscopy
• endiatx pillbot
• fluid dynamics at small scale
• stomach imaging and diagnostics

What it concludes

• The Pillbot is a swallowable micro robot that allows doctors to perform virtual endoscopies and view real-time stomach imaging.
• Fluid dynamics at a small scale make low-level propulsion very difficult because viscous forces dominate inertial forces.
• The current Pillbot design costs 35 dollars in parts.
• A human stomach will empty the Pillbot in about 4 hours.