Von Chirurgen gesteuerte humanoide Roboter führten weltweit erste Operation an lebenden Schweinen durch: „Präklinische Studie testet die Machbarkeit humanoider Roboter in der Chirurgie.“ »
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/humanoid-robots-controlled-by-surgeons-did-world-first-operation-on-live-pigs/
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« Humanoid robots have surgically removed the gallbladders from living animals in an unprecedented medical experiment—but not as autonomous machines capable of replacing human doctors. Instead, skilled human surgeons remotely controlled the robots’ movements in a new example of human-robot teamups. »
Reference: Liang, Z., Thareja, N., Zhang, P. *et al.* In vivo feasibility study of humanoid robots in surgery. *Nature* (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10796-x
I’m glad they didn’t accidentally activate the wushu demo routine.
I don’t get what’s the point of this. Haven’t remote surgeries been a thing for quite some time now? This seems to make the robot to just look like a human for no reason just hype?
There’s literally no reason to do this on a pig. You can test this on cadavers or synthetic materials and measure the results just fine, every detail can be simulated and measured.
This is literally stupid. We can make better articulation in smaller robots already.
This is a pure marketing grab for attention.
human shaped robots in most cases are so dumb to me. I get „oooo spooky robot with its spider of surgical tools“ is gonna be a factor for some but that would just be so much better function wise.
I’m confused, is there a point to this? Is it cheaper and more dexterous than existing robot surgery machines?
After seeing many robots fail to reorient properly after even a mild collision with an unexpected object, I can see this failing spectacularly. The robot reports that it is in position when it actually isn’t, and the doctor gives the robot the command to begin operation. Best-case scenario, you need two more surgeries to fix the problem caused by the robot and to solve the original problem. Worst-case scenario, the patient dies on the table.
Imo isn’t a robot an automatic entity? If it’s controlled by a human it’s just a tool for humans but not a robot.