Nature published an online paper reporting researchers placed Yushu Technology’s
G1 humanoid robot in an operating room and, via remote teleoperation by human
surgeons, completed standard laparoscopic cholecystectomies on two live
pigs—described by the authors as the first use of a humanoid robot in live
surgery. First author Liang Zekai, a PhD candidate in electrical and computer
engineering at UC San Diego, said the interdisciplinary team of engineers and
surgeons chose the G1 because it was one of the commercially available options
and that the study’s focus was on humanoid form rather than endorsing a specific
platform. Liang cautioned that clinical use on human patients will require
substantial further work on precision, sterilization, safety, regulation
approval and large-scale validation.
