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Meet the humanoid robots performing surgery

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Jul 14, 202626:28Technology

Humanoid robots have successfully performed surgery in an operating theatre for the first time. They were remotely controlled by surgeons. An expert involved talks to Tech Life. Also this week: the man who invented the i...

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Meet the humanoid robots performing surgery is an episode from Tech Tent by BBC. Humanoid robots have successfully performed surgery in an operating theatre for the first time. They were remotely controlled by surgeons. An expert involved t...

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