• Question: Do you think robots will play a major role in future medicine, do you support it?

    Asked by GFP to Adam, Matt on 23 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Adam Hargreaves

      Adam Hargreaves answered on 23 Jun 2017:

      Hi GFP,
      Yes and Yes. Robots can be far more steady and precise than human hands, so for really delicate work like removing brain tumours, they would be amazing. How long it takes to get to that point is anyones guess though, last youtube video I saw was a robot arm doing some ironing…

    • Photo: Matthew Lee

      Matthew Lee answered on 23 Jun 2017:

      Yes they will and yes i do!

      Robotic surgery already happens and it is shown to be really really good. Much better than humans alone. I think it will be another 50 years before we see robots in everyday medicine like giving you a vaccination. But robots are used in cancer surgery quite a lot now.

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