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Benefits for Humanity: From Space to Surgery

February 26, 2018

Robotic technology originally developed for the International Space Station is finding a new home in the operating room. An automated robotic arm, known as Drive, tracks the movement of a surgeon’s tools and helps to expedite brain and spinal surgeries.

 

 

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