Doctors To Control Robot Surgeon With Their Eyes

trogador writes "Researchers from Imperial College London are improving the Da Vinci surgical robot by installing an eye-tracker, which allows surgeons to control the robot's knife simply by looking at the patient's tissues on a screen. Tracking the eyes can generate a 3D map, which in turn can make moving organs — like a beating heart — appear to stand still for easier operation. Other features include 'see-through' tissues on the surgeon's screen (so tumors can be seen underneath tissues) and 'no-cut' zones, places where the robot won't allow the surgeon to cut by mistake. Says ICL Professor Guang Zhong Yang, 'We want to empower the robot and make it more autonomous.'"

Comments

Isn't the eye a little sensitive?

[Anonymous Coward]

I know they've been doing similar sounding "remote surgery" for years and years. But isn't the eye a little sensitive? Imagine if a hot nurse walked by. Ooops.
 
L.H-H

Blink and you're dead

[cyberanth]

Whatever you do, don't blink near the heart or brain.

Re:Oh. My. God.

[ScrewMaster]

I am so glad I am not a woman with really nice tits.

Yeah. Me too.