Surgeons Perform World's First Remote Surgery on Live Pigs Using Teleoperated Humanoid Robots

In a groundbreaking preclinical trial, surgeons remotely controlled humanoid robots to perform minimally invasive gallbladder removals on live pigs. The teleoperated system, detailed in the journal Nature, is not autonomous but allows skilled human doctors to guide the robots' movements from a distance. Researchers believe this low-cost, space-efficient approach could eventually enable remote robotic-assisted surgery in rural clinics, on battlefields, or even in space.