- A robot developed by Johns Hopkins University researchers has autonomously performed a significant phase of a gallbladder removal on a lifelike patient for the first time.
- Named "SRT-H" (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy), the robot demonstrated the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, achieving 100 per cent accuracy even in unexpected scenarios.
- The robot was trained using videos of human surgeons performing the procedure on pig cadavers, and its architecture is similar to that of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.
- This advancement marks a critical step towards clinically viable autonomous surgical systems that can operate reliably in unpredictable real-world medical environments.
- Researchers plan to further train and test the system on a wider range of surgeries, aiming to expand its capabilities for complete autonomous procedures.
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