Hands-On with First Humanoid Robot Surgeon
Researchers at UC San Diego successfully tele-operated humanoid robots to perform gallbladder removals on live pigs in a first-of-its-kind procedure. The study utilized two Unitree G1 robots, aiming to demonstrate that humanoid designs could make robotic surgery more accessible than current expensive systems. Significant technical hurdles remain, including joint overheating and the inability to sterilize the robots to operating room standards, before they can be used on human patients.
- ▪A surgeon tele-operated a humanoid robot to remove a gallbladder from a live pig at UC San Diego’s Center for the Future of Surgery.
- ▪A second procedure involved two humanoid robots working together to perform the same surgical task.
- ▪The research team hopes humanoid robots will expand access to robotic surgery in areas where traditional systems are too expensive.
- ▪The Unitree G1 robots used in the study had shorter arms than human surgeons and experienced shoulder joint overheating.
- ▪The robots could not be properly sterilized to meet standard operating room requirements for human surgery.
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In a first-of-its-kind procedure at UC San Diego’s Center for the Future of Surgery, an experienced surgeon tele-operated a humanoid robot to remove the gallbladder in a live pig. A second surgery utilized two humanoid robots working together to perform the same procedure. Surgical robots have been in use for decades, and some surgeons prefer to use them in specific cases for finer control and precision. These machines, however, can be very expensive, and not every hospital is equipped with them. The team hopes that by using humanoid robots, they may be able to expand access to robotic surgery to areas that otherwise may not have access. There’s still a long way to go before these robot surgeons start working on humans.
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