[ExI] Autonomous robot surgeon removes organs with 100% success rate

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Autonomous robot surgeon removes organs with 100% success rate
By Bronwyn Thompson    July 10, 2025

<https://newatlas.com/robotics/worlds-first-robot-surgery/>
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University trained a robot on videos of
operations, and then had it conduct a gallbladder removal on its own –
with no mechanical help, just voice commands, like a theater team
assisting the lead surgeon. Named SRT-H (Surgical Robot
Transformer-Hierarchy), the robot absorbed its training and converted
it to practice, with the ability to extract the gallbladder time and
time again, and adjusting in real-time when needed.

"This advancement moves us from robots that can execute specific
surgical tasks to robots that truly understand surgical procedures,"
said medical roboticist Azwl Krieger. "This is a critical distinction
that brings us significantly closer to clinically viable autonomous
surgical systems that can work in the messy, unpredictable reality of
actual patient care."
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Remarkable!  But I hope the robot never misunderstands the voice
commands due to unusual accents or unclear speech.

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