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dimensions required to navigate the narrow and tortuous areas of the colon while holding
a colonoscopy. Furthermore, the friction of the robot needs to be improved so that it can
successfully advance even in the slippery and compliant environment of the colon.

Acknowledgment

This work was in part supported by the National Key Research and Development Program, The Ministry of
Science and Technology (MOST) of China (No. 2018YFB1307703) & Singapore Academic Research Fund
under Grant R-397-000-227-112.

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