The idea of using a robot for neurosurgery seems like a (pardon the pun) no-brainer. At European Robotics Week, currently being held in Brussels, the EU-funded Robocast demonstrated that it’s closer than ever to making robotic neurosurgery a reality.
No matter how steady a surgeon’s hands are, they’re still about 10 times shakier than Robocast’s machine, which was designed by a group of scientists from Israel, the U.K., Germany and Italy. That makes it perfect for delicate “keyhole surgery,” or surgery done through a tiny hole drilled through a patient’s skull called a “burr hole.” via Time/Techland
November 30, 2011
