I wish we never need these, except in civil necessity. This portable robotic surgeon has been developed by Blake Hannaford from University of Washington, to operate on soldiers in combat zones. Albeit, remote controlled Surgical robots have already been developed but this is unique in the way as it is small enough to travel with troops into combat zones in the back of an armored vehicle.

The robot consists of two arms that are attached to a motorized carriage that can travel up and down the operating table.

Definitely, it is a good innovation but remotely operating such a machine in military environment would be a big challenge, even more, the main challenge it will face in a war-torn aread with scarce electrical supply. I think organizations like WHO or even NGO can capitalize on it in economically deprived countries and at the time of emergency like tsunami.

Via: newscientisttech