Humanoid robots controlled by surgeons did world-first operation on live pigs

Ars Technica
By Jeremy HsuJul 9, 2026, 4:12 pm103 pts
Humanoid robots have surgically removed the gallbladders from living animals in an unprecedented medical experiment—but not as autonomous machines capable of replacing human doctors. Instead, skilled human surgeons remotely controlled the robots’ movements in a new example of human-robot teamups. The…

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