A robot has performed a realistic surgery for the first time without human help. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University said Wednesday that the robot had “unflappably” conducted a lengthy phase of a ...

A robot "surgeon" trained on videos has performed the first realistic operation without human help. The automaton conducted a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without the aid of humans in what ...

At the renowned AI for Surgery lab in Baltimore, Maryland, a STAR was born. The Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) was brought to artificial life by Axel Krieger and colleagues at Johns Hopkins ...

Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University have developed a robotic surgical system capable of adjusting to the specific needs of soft tissue to execute precise and consistent suturing.

The hope is that an autonomous surgical robot will improve these odds. See the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) in action in this video demonstrating how the system laparoscopically sutures a ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...