Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Feb 18, 2024

#spaceMIRA is the first surgical #robot aboard the #SpaceStation and one of the first times remote surgery tasks have been tested in #space 🌌. During the surgical demonstration, the signal latency ranged from two-thirds to three-fourths of a second ⏱️ gap. “You have to wait a little bit for the movement to happen, it’s definitely slower movements than you’re used to in the operating room” https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/surgical-robot-passes-space-test-with-flying-colors/

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Surgical robot passes space test with flying colors

In a test that featured half a dozen surgeons from across the United States, a miniature robot created at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln successfully completed a surgical simulation aboard the International Space Station.

Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Feb 11, 2024

📆 Jan 30, 2024 The first #surgical #robot 🤖 on the #ISS and one of the first times #RemoteSurgery tasks are tested in #space 🌌 in an experiment to take place in coming weeks https://engineering.unl.edu/news/240130/mira_farritor_launch/

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Surgical robot developed by Nebraska engineers launches into space | College of Engineering | University of Nebraska–Lincoln

A surgeon's hands could stretch 250 miles above Earth, should an upcoming test of a miniaturized surgical robot aboard the International Space Station (ISS) prove successful. Invented by Nebraska's Shane Farritor and others, the robot blasted off Jan. 30 from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, aboard a Northrup Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft bound for the orbital