Robotic Surgery

Brain Surgery, The Robot Efficacy Test?

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The internet hummed last week with reports that “Humans Still Make Better Surgeons Than Robots.” Stanford University Medical Center set off the tweetstorm with its seemingly scathing report on robotic surgery. When reading the research of 24,000 patients with kidney cancer, I concluded that the problem lied with the humans overcharging patients versus any technology flaw. In … Read more

Call an Ethicist, My Robot has a Question

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As I mentioned several weeks ago, the UN in its brilliance has called for international laws governing robots.  I guess it is easier to manage Israel’s Harpy or the US Navy’s X-47B,  than despotic regimes of Syria and Iran.  Nevertheless, the plutocrats in Turtle Bay have opened a pandora’s box. For example, at the Department … Read more