Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Imagine rolling into an operating room to find that your surgical ...

The trust between a patient and a surgeon is, not to put too fine a point on it, quite important. But we could soon be wheeled in to the operating theatre to be greeted by R2D2's smarter cousin. The ...

Researchers from the University of Utah have developed a computer-guided robotic drill that could reduce the time of cranial surgeries by a factor of 50. Some cranial operations require two hours of ...

Terrifying video shows a robot ploughing through a skull with ease... but it's not as bad as it seems IN a terrifying advance for robot-kind, scientists have created a machine which can drill through ...

Would you let a robot surgeon drill a hole in your skull? Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands created a robot arm that can take on skull surgeries, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510 (k) clearance to dental implant surgery company Neocis for use of its Yomi robotic surgery device as a dental drill. Yomi is a ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a lunar lander from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, kicking off the latest attempt to touch down on the Moon’s surface. Houston-based startup Intuitive ...

IN a terrifying advance for robot-kind, scientists have created a machine which can drill through the human scull in just two minutes. Fear not, it's not some twisted plan to pit murderous robots ...