@inproceedings{78d23fe085ee4e6f95f8685dcc59aa96,
title = "RollerBall: A mobile robot for intraluminal locomotion",
abstract = "There are currently a number of major drawbacks to using a colonoscope that limit its efficacy. One solution to this may be to use a warm liquid to distend the colon during inspection. Another is to replace the colonoscope with a small mobile robot-a solution many believe is the future of gastrointestinal intervention. This paper presents RollerBall, an intraluminal robot that uses wheeled-locomotion to traverse the length of a fluid-filled colon. The device provides a central, stable platform within the lumen for the use of diagnostic and therapeutic tools. The concept is described in detail and the feasibility demonstrated in a series of tests in a synthetic colon.",
author = "Joseph Norton and Adrian Hood and Anne Neville and David Jayne and Peter Culmer and Ali Alazmani and Jordan Boyle",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523634",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "254--259",
booktitle = "2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2016",
address = "United States",
note = "6th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2016 ; Conference date: 26-06-2016 Through 29-06-2016",
}