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Autonomous Robotic Surgery Takes a Step Forward

Some surgical operations could in the future be performed by robots without the need for human intervention. Researchers in the U.S. say they have taken a step in this direction after a supervised autonomous robot successfully performed soft tissue surgery on a pig’s bowel. Dipti Kapadia reports. Photo: Axel Krieger