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Unmanned Star robot has been used to stitch together a pig’s bowel.
Other systems (e.g. da Vinci) are really extension tools controlled by a surgeon.
Robot performed slightly better than skilled humans in terms of stitch positioning.
Dr Kim: “This machine will consistently throw in 20 perfect sutures.”
The study was published in the Science Translational Medicine journal.
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Journal that publish papers with topics related to translational medicine
written by Michelle Roberts
