Robot Arm Breaks Off In Patient During SurgeryGetting a robot to
perform surgery on you might sound like a good idea, especially
when you have the kind of medical technology at your disposal,
such as the one seen in the movie Prometheus. Well, that works
only when everything in said robot works well, coupled with
fantastic artificial intelligence to assess the medical
situation and perform all of the right moves. Robotic arms lack
the nerves that might happen to some surgeons, but there is a
risk of it breaking down halfway.  Case in point, surgeons in
Aalst, Belgium were obviously startled when part of the da Vinci
surgery robot’s arm actually broke off while it remained within
a patient who was undergoing prostate surgery, although this
happened half a dozen years back. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., the
one behind the da Vinci robot arm, has been slapped by a rash of
lawsuits for some time now, and their position is further
weakened after Columbia University researchers ran a recent
study to discover that robot