Surgeons Use Teleoperated Humanoid Robots to Perform First Gallbladder Surgery on Live Pigs

In a world-first medical experiment, surgeons remotely controlled humanoid robots to remove gallbladders from live pigs, demonstrating a new form of human-robot team collaboration. The two minimally invasive surgeries were part of a preclinical trial published in Nature, using teleoperated robots rather than autonomous machines. If proven safe for humans, this low-cost, compact system could enable robotic-assisted surgery in smaller hospitals, rural clinics, battlefields, and even space.