A Mini Surgical Robot for the ISS
October 18, 2022 | Terry Sharrer
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Surgical robot maker Virtual Incision heads to space with NASA grant
“The U.S. space agency handed down the funding to send a miniaturized surgical robot to the International Space Station (ISS) with the aim of proving just how widely accessible the technology can be. The device in question comes from Virtual Incision, a University of Nebraska spinout that has spent the better part of the last two decades developing its minimally invasive Mira platform, named for its status as a “miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant.” MORE
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