A swallowable robot pill to examine the gastric cavity. Torrey Smith, founder and CEO of Endiatx talks about the journey building Pillbot and tiny robots in the human body.
04/23/23 • 57 min
In this episode, Torrey and I discuss his journey from aerospace engineering, building tesla coils at burning man, to founding Endiatx and making Pillbot; a pill-sized robot that can swim in the human stomach and be controlled by a joystick. A very unique story and inspiring experience.
In this episode, Torrey and I discuss his journey from aerospace engineering, building tesla coils at burning man, to founding Endiatx and making Pillbot; a pill-sized robot that can swim in the human stomach and be controlled by a joystick. A very unique story and inspiring experience.
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