Science has taken a step closer to automated surgery after self-guiding robot repaired a pig’s bowel. the Children's National Medical Center or STAR robot can be preprogrammed for length and number of stitches and functions by “reading” fluorescent markers in the tissue. Surgeons hope this could be the first step to reducing clinical errors and saving more lives, though opponents claim it is impossible to trust a machine. “This study suggests autonomous robots can do quite complex processes competently”, said Dr Peter Kim of The Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot in Washington.
Science has taken a step closer to automated surgery after self-guiding robot repaired a pig’s bowel. The Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot or STAR robot can be preprogrammed for length and number of stitches and functions by “reading” fluorescent markers in the tissue. Surgeons hope this could be the first step to reducing clinical errors and saving more lives, though opponents claim it is impossible to trust a machine. “This study suggests autonomous robots can do quite complex processes competently”, said Dr Peter Kim of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington.