{"id":3508,"date":"2026-07-10T20:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2026-07-10T20:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:38:55","slug":"humanoid-robots-make-history-perform-2-surgeries-in-pigs-for-1st-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3508","title":{"rendered":"Humanoid robots make history, perform 2 surgeries in pigs for 1st time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<div>University of California San Diego &#8211; PHOTO: Humanoid robots, guided by surgeons, performed two operations at the University of California San Diego for the first time.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Humanoid robots\u00a0have performed two surgeries in pigs for the first time, a new development researchers say may be a potential gamechanger for hospitals in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The procedures and results were published in the journal\u00a0Nature July 8 and involved engineers and surgeons from the University of California San Diego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One surgery was led by a humanoid robot and assisted by a surgeon, while the second surgery was completed by two humanoid robots, according to the university. The robots removed gallbladders in pigs, a significant step before the experiments progress to human trials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;As a proof of concept, it absolutely worked,&#8221; Dr. Ryan Broderick, interim director of the Center for the Future of Surgery at UC San Diego, told\u00a0ABC News.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/b1cd81d87742c102e08177a0669f4e8963451f35823e6c06b6ef36f863da5d2a\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fus.abcnews.gma.com%2F3e2371e84d8485ccb872e4a415df7bdd\" alt=\"University of California San Diego - PHOTO: Humanoid robots, guided by surgeons, performed two operations at the University of California San Diego for the first time.\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"10\" data-y-link-id=\"01dyqby1371mu30p02p3\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div>University of California San Diego &#8211; PHOTO: Humanoid robots, guided by surgeons, performed two operations at the University of California San Diego for the first time.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The humanoid robots have a head and arms and are smaller than many of the surgical robots being used in hospitals today that require a lot of space. Researchers and doctors have even given the humanoid robots a nickname &#8212; &#8220;Surgie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-4\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The space constraints didn&#8217;t exist like in traditional robotic surgery,&#8221; Broderick said. &#8220;It was a human-type bedside assistant, so it just fit into the space that we&#8217;re traditionally used to being in for laparoscopic surgery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Groundbreaking robotic surgery, Alzheimer&#8217;s blood test: 7 of the biggest medical breakthroughs in 2025<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Doctors and researchers say they hope &#8220;Surgie&#8221; can be used outside of a hospital operating room in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You can imagine this device being deployed on a ship, in a village somewhere, in a smaller operating environment that&#8217;s not in major cities,&#8221; said Dr. Shanglei Liu, a colorectal surgeon at UC San Diego. &#8220;And it opens up, I think, a lot of doors for access.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Exclusive look at groundbreaking remote robotic surgery: Patient was in Africa; doctor was in Florida<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-4\">\n<div id=\"recirc-49e7bba1-6e5f-3869-a2ab-20bfe50d50e8\" class=\"mb-4\">\n<div class=\"grid gap-4 lg:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-rows-[auto_auto_1fr]\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full\">\n<div class=\"relative hidden md:flex\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 h-4 bg-tertiary\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 h-4 bg-tertiary w-2\/5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-4 bg-tertiary w-2\/5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_r_2fm_\" class=\"absolute inset-0 rounded-[4px] focus-within:ring-2 focus-within:ring-link\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The doctors and researchers also said they believe &#8220;Surgie&#8221; could potentially help ease hospital staffing shortages and assist in more surgeries down the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I believe we&#8217;ve shown that it is possible to use humanoid robots in an operating room to do real procedures that can eventually save lives,&#8221; said Michael Yip, a UC San Diego professor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of California San Diego &#8211; PHOTO: Humanoid robots, guided by surgeons, performed two operations at the University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-science","category-us"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3510,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions\/3510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}