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Clinically, gastroscopy is used as a universal means of examination, prevention and diagnosis of this disease, but this detection method is not patient-friendly and can easily cause damage to the intestinal mucosa. Soft robots as an emerging technology offer a promising approach to examining, diagnosing, and treating intestinal diseases due to their high flexibility and patient-friendly interaction. However, existing research on intestinal soft robots mainly focuses on controlled movement and observation within the colon or colon-like environments, lacking additional functionalities such as sample collection from the intestine. Here, we designed and developed an earthworm-like soft robot specifically for colon sampling. It consists of a robot body with an earthworm-like structure for movement in the narrow and soft pipe-environments, and a sampling part with a flexible arm structure resembling an elephant trunk for bidirectional bending sampling. This soft robot is capable of flexible movement and sample collection within an colon-like environment. By successfully demonstrating the feasibility of utilizing soft robots for colon sampling, this work introduces a novel method for non-destructive inspection and sampling in the colon. 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