Robotic surgery may be coming to your town. Robots that perform surgery can be driven by surgeons who no longer stand by the patient, but direct the operation from a computer console. In most cases the surgeon is seated at a console within the theatre, only a few metres away from the patient. Now a team of surgeons and scientists have shown that the surgeon and robot can be linked via a 4,000 mile Internet connection, or by satellite, reported in the journal The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery.They found using a satellite link had a much longer delay than using the internet, 600 milliseconds vs. 55 milliseconds respectively. With practice, the surgeon adapted to the lag, and did just fine with either setup.
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