Hand-Held Robotic Drill for Most Delicate Surgery
September 18, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Though the Brunels became the first family of British civil engineers by drilling the River Thames Tunnel in the early 1830’s, their University namesake has engineered a highly sensitive robotic drill for cochlea surgery. “The new drill, which is able to sense tiny changes in pressure at its tip, relies on artificial intelligence algorithms to know exactly when the bit is exiting a hard bone. It is able to do this so well that the user can drill through the shell of a raw egg without breaking the membrane.” MORE WITH VIDEO
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