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@robertskitch
October 4, 2026 at 7:26 am
What are the advantages of reconfiguring a generic robot to do the job than having a robot that was custom built for the task? Is it just a matter of the fact that humanoids are being produced at scale whilst specialised robots aren’t?
@ericbold2738
October 4, 2026 at 10:23 pm
@robertskitch It’s really about moving toward general-purpose robotics. Instead of sitting idle after a surgery, a humanoid could autonomously handle other tasks around the hospital. That makes it much more cost effective than a single use machine.
@Curios1988
October 5, 2026 at 2:46 am
its the multifunktionality, seture a wound, surgery, run around to patients, you do not want 30x specialised roboter, you want one roboter for doing it all
that is easier to mass produce like honda or tesla plan to do. One Roboter for your home, thats why is the AGI “generalizes task solver roboter” the bet of the trillion money. he can do it all
@Microwane
October 4, 2026 at 8:27 am
They might be giving surgeons those head recording phones to train them
@TheNaiv69
October 4, 2026 at 8:38 am
that’s it teach them how to cut us 🤣
@spacesuitdiver
October 4, 2026 at 9:44 am
Am I supposed to be listening to this guy or the music?
@Manas-ry6f
October 4, 2026 at 10:08 am
remote surgeries before gta6 😂
@sharpmind1315
October 4, 2026 at 10:24 am
Just train the humanoid robot with 100.000nds of surgeries and it will soon be able to do it autonomous.
@lambertlum1087
October 4, 2026 at 12:56 pm
Like autonomous cars? We still can’t get it right. Autonomous cars are still doing stupid stuff, like crossing police tape.
@phen-themoogle7651
October 5, 2026 at 7:18 am
@lambertlum1087 driving in the real world (with millions of objects/and people moving around) is way more messy than a small controlled environment like a single surgery room or patient.
@lambertlum1087
October 5, 2026 at 1:13 pm
@phen-themoogle7651 Surgery is also many times more complicated than driving, where soft tissue can flop about, and fluids can exude out. Nobody wants to be test data for AI training, when the consequence can be death on the surgery table.
@phen-themoogle7651
October 5, 2026 at 1:50 pm
@lambertlum1087I think there’s some logic in what you’re saying, but there’s also a balance: the human hand can fatigue during long surgeries (and be risky as well) but an Ai hand or tool can always stay steady and in place.
Then as you mentioned trusting the AI is a scary thought. Maybe it is overconfident if it’s not just a tool being used by surgeons (teleoperation), but actually doing the surgeries by itself autonomously or an ai with general intelligence someday.
For neuralink though Elon musk has some tool that can do brain surgery at much higher precision than human surgeons , and has used it on patients before.
Some narrow Ai tools have proved to be safer than humans
@lambertlum1087
October 5, 2026 at 3:21 pm
@phen-themoogle7651 I certainly would agree with you on AI tools. The human has control, and AI provides assist. We should not consider AI autonomous surgery when AI struggles to autonomously fold clothes or do other housework.
@mickobee
October 4, 2026 at 10:32 am
This kind of thing while impressive is purely performative. There is no benefit doing it this way over just making a machine that performs the surgery
@AndroidG101
October 4, 2026 at 11:38 am
There are already 1st surgeons, so this would more dispass they’re jobs no time soon tho
@zaphodbeeblebrox2817
October 4, 2026 at 12:04 pm
why use robot hands? Precision would be much better if it could drive actuators directly rather than use clumsy hands at the end of arms balanced on feet.
@Carcarr025
October 4, 2026 at 12:06 pm
These robots will take over jobs 😭✌️
@snow5o5o
October 4, 2026 at 1:14 pm
No robot is doing surgery on me or my family
@joelface
October 4, 2026 at 3:55 pm
What if it has a 100% success rate on highly complex surgeries that humans regularly fail at? Obviously we’re not there, but it’s possible in the future.
@jhon__1940
October 4, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Surgical robots are expensive because they’re built for precision. These humanoids aren’t. That’s why they’re cheap.
@CATANOVA
October 4, 2026 at 2:27 pm
Market research.
Who here would like to be shaved by a robot weilding a cut throat razor? If the robot did a routine similar to Bruce Lee with the nunchucks, would that make the experience more comfortable?
@Abbatyya
October 4, 2026 at 3:00 pm
I told robot were banned innn US, why are they still using Chinese robots
@lat1502
October 4, 2026 at 3:05 pm
What I don’t get is, is the “form factor”. There’s a lot of situations where you’re designing a robot and to get the robot to do exactly what you want it to do, the end design doesn’t look “humanoid”. You can end up with something that looks unusual but will be able to perform much better than a robot that looks like a human.
@joelface
October 4, 2026 at 3:54 pm
A human-like robot can do everything and go everywhere and access everything humans can. They can fit in an elevator or a taxi… they can hold a pencil … any random thing made for people is now accessible to a humanoid robot. If you gave it wheels, for example, now it can’t go up the stairs. So… basically it’s because society was made for people… so it’s a very useful form-factor for a robot that wants to be very multi-purpose.
@Curios1988
October 5, 2026 at 3:02 am
dont worry, both tech way will be developed as you can see for farmer work with remoteable alone driving vehicles
@MoniCa-3c
October 4, 2026 at 4:28 pm
I have a question : This wasnt possible with robotic arms before? It has to be a robot that also has legs? ……
@RoolSkool
October 4, 2026 at 7:12 pm
You really stole someone’s comment? You couldn’t have said in your own way or just give them a like?
@Curios1988
October 5, 2026 at 3:03 am
@RoolSkool its a bot bro check the name, pictures on him
@RoolSkool
October 5, 2026 at 6:23 am
@Curios1988I know
@Curios1988
October 5, 2026 at 7:50 am
@RoolSkool when you know it, why you then answering, bro wtf are you dumb
@GaryPugh-h3q
October 4, 2026 at 7:08 pm
No robot will ever touch my nuts , just sayin’ 😊
@Curios1988
October 5, 2026 at 2:43 am
Guys, do you realy think when companys save money with robots they gave you more income as employe or customers pay less ? NO, you lose your job and geht screwed
@WLD-m4j
October 5, 2026 at 6:57 am
I hope it doesn’t malfunction and starts doing backflips
@mengtai2625
October 5, 2026 at 7:09 am
You know that the ‘remote’ place needs very highly skill technicians and equipment to maintain the robots, also stable internet access. So, the surgeon works in the 1st world country, and the robot works in another 1st world country. 😊
@Sarappreciates
October 5, 2026 at 8:18 am
This isn’t “new” or “news” really; they’ve been doing this for many years already. The last abdominal surgery I had was over 6 years ago, and they used a robot then. She made it sound like I’d have tiny robots exploring and fixing things inside me, but I think it was more like one of these. The actual NEWS would be if *AI* is doing it, which I wouldn’t necessarily like as a patient. Surgery is nuanced, and AI doesn’t have much (if any) neuroplasticity yet, which means it’s limited in its ability to adapt and change direction (in our favor 100% of the time) on a snap. Is it wise at this point to give computers such adaptability?
@Alfacentauri80
October 5, 2026 at 9:03 am
You have so low precision if you try to do it with a Unitree
@mostafasaadinasab2698
October 5, 2026 at 10:06 am
Brains ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@francesbernard2445
October 5, 2026 at 11:18 am
The virtue signalling people are starting to spend way more money on advertising their virtue signalling while maybe only looking for hired help with the dishes while helping to keep them company too.
@georgehoyle8797
October 5, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Why would it need a battery for long surgeries!? Just hook it up to a car or a generator if it’s remote.