Raven Comes To the OR

From Daily Tech:

NASA researchers have spent a large amount of time looking into different forms of technology that would allow them to conduct potentially life-saving operations on patients in remote areas. To help, researchers from the University of Washington have been working on a portable robotic surgeon that can allow surgeons to operate while being remotely located miles away. The surgeon -- which researchers named Raven -- will begin testing in May.

We say: Maybe this is turning into Robot Day here at Doc To Doc. A lightweight, and portable mobile robot that can perform surgery could have applications for both space, military, and disaster situations. While I look forward to the day that surgeons can operate from home, I think we're quite a way off from that.

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