Touchy Feely Robot Promises to be Gentle (and Check for Cancer)
This won’t hurt a bit! Researchers have developed a prototype robot that, through key-hole surgery, can detect cancer tumors in half the time, with less tissue damage, and with 40 percent more accuracy than clumsy humans. Doctors traditionally use MRI and CT scans, and because tumors tend to be stiffer than surrounding tissue, also need…
