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Robot surgeons could treat astronauts on long space missions—but they could also be used on Earth in places where surgeons aren't present, such as rural areas or war zones
Earth-bound surgeons remotely controlled a small robot aboard the International Space Station over the weekend, conducting the first-ever such surgery in orbit -- albeit on rubber bands.The technology could also be used to develop remote-control surgery techniques on Earth, to serve isolated areas.
Earth-bound surgeons remotely controlled a small robot aboard the International Space Station over the weekend, conducting the first-ever such surgery in orbit -- albeit on rubber bands.
The robot, spaceMIRA, docked at the space station on Feb. 1 following its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 30.