Robots are going to perform more complex surgeries in the future. Plenty of researchers are working to perfect them. Take the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot for instance. It uses electrosurgical tools to cut through tissue (fat, muscle, and skin).
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Robot surgeon performs flesh-cutting tasks and pseudo-tumor removal
As explained on IEEE Spectrum, STAR is capable of removing a pseudo-tumor from pig fat. The ideas was presented at IROS 2017.
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