The machines continue to rise. Researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to train a robotic program to do parts of a gallbladder removal surgery, or a cholecystectomy. The robotic surgeon ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

The bottom line: An Aescape massage can't yet replicate a full-on spa experience. But University of Minnesota research professor Vassilios Morellas, whose work focuses on training robots to make human ...