In a groundbreaking preclinical trial, surgeons teleoperated humanoid robots to remove gallbladders from live pigs. The robots were not autonomous but were precisely controlled by human doctors, demonstrating a new form of human-robot collaboration.
This approach could make robotic-assisted surgery more accessible to smaller hospitals and clinics that cannot afford specialized surgical robots. According to researchers, the system is cheaper, takes up less space, and could be deployed in rural areas, battlefields, or even space.
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