pc: University of California San DiegoRobotic surgery has become a familiar part of modern healthcare, but the machines used in operating theatres are usually purpose-built systems designed for a narrow set of tasks. humanoid robots, despite rapid advances in recent years, have largely remained outside the surgical environment. That has now begun to change. A team of engineers and surgeons at the University of California San Diego has demonstrated that teleoperated humanoid robots can successfully perform live minimally invasive surgery during preclinical trials. According to the study published in Nature on 8 July 2026 titled “In vivo feasibility study of humanoid robots in surgery”, it marks the first time humanoid robots have completed such procedures on living subjects and offers an ea