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Surgical robots at large in the path lab

Giving an autonomous robot a scalpel is too much of a risk, but replace the patient with a corpse and medical robots can break free

FROM Isaac Asimov鈥檚 鈥渢hree laws of robotics鈥 to RoboCop, science fiction has repeatedly warned us of the dangers of handing robots autonomy. That is why surgical robots have never been more than large, complex instruments wielded by human hands: an autonomous robot with a scalpel is too much of a risk. But replace that scalpel with a scanner, and the patient with a corpse, and medical robots can finally break free (see 鈥淚ndustrial robot hones virtual autopsies鈥). Until one goes on the rampage around the pathology lab, of course鈥

Topics: Death / Robots