Robot's gentle touch aids delicate cancer surgery
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 10:42
in Health & Medicine
New, delicate surgery techniques to hunt for tumours could benefit from a lighter touch - but from a robot, rather than from a human hand. Canadian researchers have created a touchy-feely robot that detects tougher tumour tissue in half the time, and with 40% more accuracy than a human. The technique also minimises tissue damage...