Hong Kong surgery robot impresses with tube technique
The University of Hong Kong and Polytechnic University have developed the world's first robot that performs abdominal surgery without cutting into the patient's body by placing small robotic parts through a natural orifice and assembling the parts internally. The technology has successfully performed surgery on pigs but surgery on human patients is not expected unitl 2018.
The new design features joints similar to those in crab legs. Photo: K. Y. Cheng