Surgie’ robot successfully removed gallbladder in world’s first surgery: A humanoid robot has successfully performed the surgery for the very first time in a historic medical milestone.

In the first operation, the robot, named Surgie worked alongside the surgeons from the University of California San Diego and removed a gall bladder. In the second operation, two robots performed a laparoscopic gallbladder removing surgery on non-primate mammals.

Michael Yip, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and one of the paper's senior authors explained that “This study shows that humanoid robots have a viable future in the field of surgery.”

“Remotely operated and autonomous humanoid robots have real potential for amplifying access to critical surgeries to which patients would otherwise not have access. This can help address the healthcare crisis not only in the United States, but also worldwide.”

The robot was teleoperated by a trained surgeon. Researchers are actively working on integrating artificial intelligence to enable autonomous surgical assistance in the future.