Surface sampling. (VIDEO)

University of Tokyo

Caption

The capsule wiggles as it takes samples from a section of small intestine. One robotic arm holds a magnet below the capsule to stabilize it, while another above moves a magnet to control the motion of the brush.

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Y. Dai et al., 2026/ Device

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