Dmitry Oleynikov Urge Quotations

These remotely controlled in vivo robots provide the surgeon with an enhanced field of view from arbitrary angles, as well as provide dexterous manipulators not constrained by small incisions in the abdominal wall.

This work has the potential to completely change the minimally invasive surgery landscape. This is just the start of things to come regarding robotic devices at work inside the body during surgery.

Our family of tiny-wheeled robots has the potential to revolutionize the minimally invasive surgery field. It will replace standard surgery and at some point the surgeon's hands won't need to be in the body at all.

It's hard to teach an astronaut to be a surgeon. I'll be the surgeon and they will be the technologists. Devices such as this could be invaluable on long duration space flights where medical personnel and equipment is sparse.