Robotic Colonoscope

Colon cancer is a disease that is common among people from all parts of the world. In Singapore, more than 3000 new cases are reported annually. Inspection and treatment of the disease is carried out using a non-invasive procedure known as colonoscopy. Presently, colonoscopy is done manually, which requires the endoscopists to perform the tedious task of maneuvering the scope through the colon.

In order to relieve the surgeon’s workload and to reduce the discomfort of the patient, an automated colonoscopy procedure was proposed. The objectives of this project were to control the movement of the colonoscope, and to develop a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the proposed system. Some functions provided by the GUI include the display and processing (e.g. zoom in, zoom out) of the images captured. In addition, a motion control panel was incorporated within the GUI to manipulate the various gait sequences of the robot.

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