1 shares Every year, doctors diagnose millions of people with tumors, blood clots and other masses in their brains. In each case, doctors must weigh the benefits of surgery against possible long-term neurological damage. “Imagine having to decide between removing someone’s tumor to give them more time to live, but in the process of that they lose their ability to speak,” says Prof. Moshe Shoham, a professor at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and a serial entrepreneur. “Which is really the better choice?” To reduce dilemmas like this and shorten recovery times, Shoham’s latest startup, Tamar Robotics, is developing a surgical robot that aims to revolutionize brain surgery, finally giving doctors a safer, minimally invasive tool to remove tumors and blood clots and treat other life-threatening brain conditions that now require major surgery. “We hope we will be able to let the people suffering from these conditions get back to their lives,” Shoham says. “We believe that our robotic system can do this better than a surgeon’s free hand.”