Robot Surgeon Operates On A Pig
Published: 3rd February 2022
A ROBOT has performed successful surgery on a pig. While robots have been helping with surgery for some time, this is the first time an operation has been completed without a human involved.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have been training their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) for years, teaching it how to perform a ‘laparoscopic surgery’ – a tough operation for humans, where a surgeon has to stitch intestines (guts) back together very carefully.
Researchers said that “the slightest hand tremor or misplaced stitch” can lead to serious problems for a patient, but they say STAR “excelled” at the job.
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