How much dexterity and control does a doctor have when using a surgical robot?

House rips the surgical robot into Vincent and his vital signs disappear.

The operation is part of a project to develop surgical robots in space that are guided via satellite by Earth-based doctors.

A surgical robot is a mechanical device (generally looking like a robotic arm) that is computer controlled.

Finally, the surgical robot can continuously be used by rotating surgery teams.

Linda van den Bedem and is the first surgical robot to incorporate force feedback.

Like several of the previous generations of surgical robot, Sofie is a master-slave design.

A surgical robot's end effector could be a scalpel or others tools used in surgery.

Not all surgical robots are equal.

But he said that for now, surgical robots offer few if any advantages.