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Laparoscopic cameras and robotic hands performing coronary artery bypass surgery in place of open-heart surgery.
In 1988, the PROBOT robot, which was developed at Imperial College London, was used to perform transurethral prostate surgery. This specific procedure was chosen for robotic assistance because it required numerous repetitive cutting motions.1