This robotic pill clears mucus from the gut to deliver meds
RoboCap administers medicine to the intestines and makes its way out of the body
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This robotic pill, shown resting on pig intestine, can sweep away mucus in the gut and leave behind drugs to be absorbed by the body.
S. Srinivasan and Matthew Pickett