Experts are developing a flexible surgical robot, known as the i-Snake, which they say could revolutionise keyhole surgery. The i-Snake is a long tube housing special motors, sensors and imaging tools - for heart bypass surgery. It could help surgeons to perform complex procedures with minimally invasive surgery.

A team at Imperial College London has been granted £2.1 million for the work. Dr Ted Bianco, director of believes "Gone are the days when the surgeon's knife ruled in the operating theatre. The future of surgery is in smart devices like i-Snake."

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