ER 2.0: Robots team up for surgery
March 5, 2009 | Source: New Scientist Tech
The Trauma Pod mobile operating theater, being developed by a team led by non-profit lab SRI International, is designed to retrieve someone from the battlefield, diagnose them, and perform lifesaving procedures while transferring them to s hospital.
It includes a team of robots led by a robotic surgeon, remotely controlled by an actual surgeon.