[iancmceachern]

This kind of headline drives me nuts.

Da Vinci is telecontrolled. The robot does nothing but imitate the exact motion its commanded to by the surgeon.

The headline should read " Surgeon saves patients life using surgical tool that has been widely available an on the market for decades"

The medical professionals deserve the credit. If this was 20 years ago, yeah, we should celebrate the technical achievement and advancement, but there isn't one here. It's old news.

Source- I've designed several (surgical robots)

[arghwhat]

Yes, but let's also avoid oversimplifying how complicated that robot is, how much tuning the controls took and how much special training the surgeon needed.

Not a new concept by any means, but still worthy of continued praise and admiration.

[iancmceachern]

Agreed, well said