The Abstracts of the international conference on advanced mechatronics : toward evolutionary fusion of IT and mechatronics : ICAM
Online ISSN : 2424-3116
2015.6
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Development of a Self-Propelled Actively Bendable Colonoscope Robot with a "Party Horn" Propulsion Mechanism
Koki NomuraHiromi TakeuchiMamoru SatoHiroyuki IshiiMunenori UemuraTomohiko AkaboshiMorimasa TomikawaMakoto HashizumeAtsuo Takanishi
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Pages 68-69

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Drawbacks of conventional colonoscopy include the risk of accidental injury and a dependence on the operator's skill. This study presents a novel minimally invasive self-propelled colonoscope robot. We developed an active-bending module, made with pneumatic parallel links with three degrees of freedom, and assembled in a robot (WQE-5) propelled by a "party horn" mechanism with a thrust generator. We confirm the increase in the passing speed in the curved section of a colon model, achieved by the winding of WQE-5.
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© 2015 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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