Would YOU trust a robot surgeon?

Cancer and heart operations could soon be carried out entirely by robots - reducing the risk of mistakes, according to new research. Scientists have shown for the first time a supervised autonomous robot can successfully perform soft tissue surgery. Although robots have been used in hospitals for decades, they can only be worked by surgeons. Now a supervised autonomous robot has been able to successfully perform soft tissue surgery, outperforming experts in open bowel surgery in pigs. Scientists have shown for the first time a supervised autonomous robot can successfully perform soft tissue surgery.