Humanoid robots have officially stepped up to the operating table, helping complete two surgeries for the first time.During the preclinical trial, surgeons remotely guided the machines through two gallbladder removal procedures.
The robots copied the surgeons' movements rather than making medical decisions, and no human patients were involved.Unlike bulky robotic systems fixed in place, these five-foot machines used standard surgical tools and worked inside an operating room built for people.The experiment offers an early look at how a specialist could someday operate through a mobile robot in a rural clinic or another place where surgical care is hard to reach.
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The team tested its system during two laparoscopic gallbladder removal procedures on pigs.During one operation, a humanoid robot handled surgical instruments while a human surgeon assisted beside it.During the second procedure, two humanoid robots sto...