Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A robotic surgical system such as the one pictured here was trained by Johns Hopkins researchers to successfully perform lengthy ...

Recently, a neurotech company called Paradromics made headlines by successfully implanting its brain-computer interface (BCI) in a human for the first time. The procedure happened at the University of ...

A repair robot that takes inspiration from the bendiness and sensing ability of snakes to access hard-to-reach places in harsh, industrial environments is now being exploited for use in human surgery.

A robot has successfully performed difficult, soft-tissue surgery on four pigs, Johns Hopkins University said Wednesday, calling this "a significant step toward fully automated surgery on humans." The ...

A newly developed robot is capable of performing soft-tissue surgery, and indeed performed better on tests than a human surgeon. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...