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  • ya...just wait untill the little robots assemble inside of you then the clamps break when its time to leave.....imagin having to shit out a 6 inch thick robot

  • creepy.

  • i hate that bitches voice

  • That woman's voice and inflections are so annoying.

  • 0:33 I would NOT want that thing over me while in surgery O_O

  • 0:48

    Hello, human.

  • 0:50 = rhape

  • omfg I've used the robotic arm before at our hospital demonstration of the tech.

  • This is epic.

  • No I will not let that robot pick me up! If it's strong enough to pick up a human, then it's strong enough to crumple the human up into a ball!

  • people like your were afraid of the radio too.

  • People like me? Just because I don't want to let a robot that could POTENTIALLY do other things due to a glitch or virus, pick me up? If it was just a robotic bed that could move around, fine.. But that robot has far too flexible arms.

    I haven't seen an OS with no problems yet, you assume the robot will have a flawless OS?

  • Hell. Even the robot's creators don't trust it fully. Did you notice that woman it picked up wasn't very life-like?

  • Of course there are some test to run. But we shouldn't be afraid of technology, we should embrace it.

    Take for instance the factory line robot (like in the production of cars), after a few tweaks, a single robot can work flawlessly for years. You keep the system simple, maintain it constantly and it won't crash. Finally an other key element of modern robots is the fail safe devices like redundancy and emergency shut off. The future is awesome, enjoy the ride.

  • Embracing technology is fine, but don't blindly embrace killer robots with a kung-fu like death grip.

  • I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords

  • This is absolutely true, but on the other hand, it is even more dangerous to reject all new technology in times like these with an exponentially growing population and energy needs.

    It is indeed too early to really put so much trust in robots for medical purposes like these. But soon the time will come, when artificial intelligence will be greater than our own, and by then it'll be far riskier to do it ourselves without robotic aid. Remember, the future belongs to those who prepare for it now.

  • i wouldnt want robots running around inside of me. ugh. (turn around) (puke)

  • HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME

  • 0:54: apparently robots don't know the meaning of PERSONAL SPACE

  • capitalism

  • great, now doctors can perform surgery while playing Warcraft

  • Hmmm I wonder if you could set up that remote surgery system so you can operate on yourself :D

  • technically yeah.

  • that robot leaned in for a kiss i would freak the fuck out if that shit tried carrying me

  • i would freak out if that robot tried to carry me.

  • err I dunno... that combined machine looks like it wouldnt fit in my stomache or w/e

  • It would assemble itself from multiple swallowed segments. I think this prototype is much larger than the one intended for use inside people. Pretty much anything you can make large scale you can produce in microscale using photolithography to produce the parts. Google MEMS or Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

  • Surgery part amazing but human carrying Robot .. will struggle .. patient needs touch of another human, which lessen the pain it self .. Robot touch, i don't know about that !!

  • im not christian....but can you find waking up the dead in science.....SHAZAM and what?

  • people who are afraid of change can go live in the dark ages while the rest of us will change for the better

  • What if the Robot drops the Patient? Who is liable- the Robot, or the Programmer, or the Nursing Staff? OR?

    This all is creating GREAT Medical Ethical and Legal problems. I like the prior comment from seedstyler below: ORWELL... Yes..I agree! Also the old song "In the Year 2525" from Zagar and Evans is appropriate here. There is a YouTube with that song......check it out.....

  • Manufacturer, unless operated with negligence by staff, in which case, staff. Like when any machine malfunctions. Not a big problem.

  • 0:31 the guy has his head in an ass :D

  • orwell!

  • remote surgery already is a reality; as a matter of fact, videolaparoscopy involves doing thing through machinery to some extent;

  • ye but that doll is like 5kg and a human is like 80kg? how will the robot be able to help a human?

  • There is already a robot like that being used in Japan, but for now it need the nurse's assistance to avoid accidents until they improve it to work fully automated

  • what if the robot gets hacked by script kiddz and decides to remote rape a patient for the lulz

  • obviously they wouldnt throw magnets inside you if they havent had everything figured out right. there are still many dangers in hospitals without all the new equipment.

    anything involving medical or surgery will have some kind of danger or draw back, but im no medical student.

  • I don't particularly agree with the second suggestion. How would it know where to pick a patient up and how? What if they have a very sensitive internal injury which needs to be left alone and the robot accidently malfunctions and picks him/her up?

    Other than that, I like the idea of the first one. It's a bit freaky considering you have to somehow get it inside yourself (swallowing that thing would be.. ugh) and the magnets, like the guy below me said, could be dangerous.

    So I don't think so..

  • Magnetically linked parts!!! This is bad. Surgeons have described magnets snapping together inside the intestines as like internal gunshot injuries. This sounds like a very bad idea.

    Although I do like the concept of a self assembling robotic surgeon

  • Hummm, this is somthing to think about....

  • I can't wait until those robots are lagging and aimlessly picks up random people in the steets, that will be awesome!

  • Mmm.. Robots that can carry me around. I cant wait to be robonapped

  • i betcha fat lazzy staff will use that last one

  • i bet fat lazy staff will get fired because of the last one

  • lol true

  • definitely the future of medicine...but with the surgery robots...just wait until a software bug roles an integer, and slices the patient in half :-D

  • at least all malpractice cases becomes class-action, free's up alot of court time

  • that is stupid if the patient swallows magnets they will most likely pinch an internal organ and create dead skin cells it would do more harm than good!

  • it's beautiful

  • early stages of skynet baby...

  • well... when can I expect my robot date ?

    chiii ? :P LOL

  • Next new improvement, robotic prostate exams, and testicle checker

  • sounds like another robot rebellion

  • i..robot...

  • thats all just creapy

  • the robot carrying the dolls looks like its from the 70s.

  • Or Japan.

  • freaky

  • not as interesting as nanobots but still cool. the nurse robot is a great idea. it is ridiculous that health care workers have to risk injury just to move around their patients (even obese ones) around when robots could easily get the job done.

  • first bit is awesome, 2nd bit was not awesome because they have no fuck-holes

  • add-ons?

  • ok so where are the sex bots?!

  • Yeah, we dont want those bloody nurse bots, we want sex bots ;-)

  • Cool but I wouldnt trust the last one. Id rather walk with broken leg then let it carry me XD

  • omg.... did she say "swallow" those self assembling robot? and 15 of them? i hope they can make it small first... i dont know if you can even shove those up the other end without serious injuries, let alone 15 of them...

  • I love the Idea!!

  • A lil creepy, but probably very useful :)

  • I don't see the point, really... can someone tell me why a doctor operating on someone through a robot can help at all!

  • it means a doctor could possibly do surgery on some one  in another country, so experts wont have to wreck the environment getting on lots of plans, sounds like a good idea to me

  • Aside from remote surgery, where the robot can be placed anywhere in the world, and the doctor can work from a centralize location? The real benefit comes from working at scale, where the doctor can operates on a virtual patient twice as large, and his movements would be twice as detailed.

  • I like the self assembling robot now they need to make them about 10,000 times smaller.

  • not necessarily

  • it allows the doctor to operate on a patient who is somewhere else. anywhere else.

  • Yeah, thats really kool!

  • What if those robots are infected by a computer virus ?

  • what if your infected with a computer virus?

  • man just stfu rofl

  • well hes saying what if it was infected like that thing runs on windows or some operating system

  • I totally want a robot to assemble it'self inside my body. How does it get out? Makes me think of the intestinal pinching that can occur when swallowing multiple magnets.

  • why not have a mechanism that releases the magnets after the job is complete?

    Or since voltage and current is magnetism, you could have magnets powered by tiny batteries that only last a few hours. Once the batteries are depleted, the magnet is no longer magnetized therefore releasing its structure causing it to return to a bunch of tiny pieces once again.

  • ? jesus ? were you swallowing multiple magnets?

  • Go Voltron!

  • haha the robot at the end. I don't want to go to a future hospital...

  • Very cool, that last robot looked like it came out of The Jetsons.

  • That last robot really was a hairraiser, but other than that... genius, genius! It's great to see medicinal advances.

  • The correct link to more images is: (newscientist web address)/gallery/dn17700sci-fi­-surgery-medical-robots/1

  • about the remote surgey there will be ctrl+z in case of lagging network ?

  • daaaaw, I want to hug that robot at the end

  • Yey to the first part Nay to the gay retarded looking robot that I am sure cannot handle an old person without droppping them on there ass.

    PS: WTF is up with that retardo Japan Chucky lookin ass doll.lol

  • fire the narrator

  • ...outof a circus cannon into a pool full of sweets and money!

    yaaaaaay

  • i suppose it does bring into question the whole "Marry a doctor" gold-digger thing.

  • This is exactly what I want to do! Surgical Robotics!

    I already decided to go into robotics with computer/elec engineering, but may do pre med or biomed engineering. I've become interested in this recently.

  • im not sure i would trust magnets inside of my organs, but either way cool video

  • 0:32 kind of reminds me of Quake 4 Stroggification Process

  • Mother fuckers, I would be mad, but this can lead to some seriously bad ass shit.... *awaits the first terminator*

  • be open to change :) if robots are better than human, then how would it be bad for life and complexity that they take control. Evolution is good :) Humans won't be there for ever. They will branch to something else if things go well. This something else could be a designed machine, why not? Humans are machine anyways that once evolved from a less complex machine. Im ready for the next machine. Humans suck a lot anyways lots of the time don't you think? I'd jump on anything better ;)

  • That last bit with droid nurse (yes, I'm that way), why do Japanese have to be that corny?

    The future of robots will be retro 1950's

  • it would be funny if the robot jsut droped the person cause the dude is too heavy

  • i can't think of when that robot software crash's or get hacked well he get teared?

  • ohh no thanks

  • Robotic nurses! YEAH! Way to go! Let's put even MORE people out of the job and fatten the Corporatocracy's wallet! Way to go scientists! So, answer me this, poindexters: What will all these people that continue to be obsoleted out of their jobs do for a living then? Sell apples on street corners again like they did during the Great Depression? That's what all this automation and downsizing is doing to Society. People are being phased out with robots, automated machines and automated factories.

  • no, there'll be a robot for that too. then your job will be gone cause we'll have robots to do all the complaining. you want some cheese?

  • yes your right however thats how the world spins around...You as a taxxer pay the goverment the goverment builds robots, robots fuck ur life

  • JixMa - so you're a luddite?

  • Holy shit, no one will ever die!

  • The robot with the mohawk is pretty creepy.

  • It's good to see some one actually making progress.

  • Nice....but I just dont get it why they wouldn't want to do it the old fashion way...I mean its faster and safer right?

  • Well this way isn't so invasive as the old way...so better healing time, less chance of infection, less cutting required etc etc....this way would be slower yes...but it would be the safer way to do it..

  • how would it improve surgery at all if the robots hands do it or if the doctor's hands do it if its still the doctor controlling it?

  • They don't cut you open and accidentally cut to far or into somewhere they're not supposed to

  • but how would it make a difference if the surgeon messes up on the robotics instead of messing up by hand? its still the surgeon who's doing everything.

  • When a surgeon opens you up they need a lot of room to be able to perform some surgeries. Like spreading the rib cage to be able to get to the lungs or heart. With these small instruments delicate surgeries can be conducted without all that hassle. Even better they can be performed from the inside! No more scars.

  • it gives the surgeons more control so there will be less errors. this wont eliminate the risk, but it will certainly reduce it.

  • 0:40 is called the "Da Vinci", it is every day life in the theatre. That has absolutely nothing to do with SciFi, it's as much SciFi as cellular phones.

  • why the hell do they want to make this sort of robots look human?

  • very annoying voice

  • vive la science!!!

  • when will remote sex be here? the ultimate in safe sex.

  • lmfao

  • version 1.0 is a condom ...

  • hahaha cute

  • You guys seriously need a new narrator, her voice is the epitome of annoying

  • This is great!

  • Outstanding...

  • a fork lift lol

  • How can somebody swallow such a big pill? anyways this is really awesome cuz some surgeons have shaky hands and the robots can control the surgery more precisely and accurately..

  • @0:47: Why does it have to be a human-like robot? Wouldn't it be better to focus on efficiency rather than look?

  • maybe so people aren't left with outer scars.

  • It has to be human-looking to avoid freaking people out - we tend to categorize things based on appearance, and if a crab with tentacles came to get you, you might react adversely. Personally, as the bipedal gate is a little rough, I'll take the crab with tentacles, but that's not everyone's cup of tea.

  • "bipedal gait", dammit, not "gate" - yes, I know better, but my fingers don't.

  • Fair enough, but what about a compromise? An automatic bed for moving patients would probably not be as scary as a tentacle crab, and probably a bit more comfortable to be carried on than by two robot-arms.

  • Last one was awesome lol

  • What's the point in having a robot controlled by a human to do surgery?

    The human might as well be doing it, far less things can go wrong that way.

    What a pointless idea.

  • that's for doing surgery from one city to another for instance. Then surgeon don't have to travel all the time

  • So they don't have surgeons in this other city?

  • Let s take into consideration one heart surgeon in newyork. he could assist any other surgery in the US.

    Another scenario is that all the surgeon are busy at a certain hospital, then a free surgeon from elsewhere could connect and help decrease the workload on that hospital

  • A specific surgery can be done in a place where the doctor cannot go. The doctor can also just sit there and do way more surgeries in a day in multiple hospitals.

  • I agree... what is the point in having a robot controlled by a human do surgery....

    but i dont agree about the far less things can go wrong. machines are much more accurate than we are and have many more sensoring abilities.

    What you are refering to is that we dont have complicated enough machines on that level for that to happen yet, but in the future it isnt so abstract that a pill is designed to take care of the problem-pre-programmed-automat­ic. the idea isnt pointless. its a step.

  • the human could be a continent away and still do the surgery if their movements are mapped to a robot.

  • yes, but human intervention in the future, other than to monitor and make sure the robot is doing correctly, would not be needed. You can create a robot to do that job without the need for a human to do anything. it would be automated. That is the way to help the most people. The minute you put a person doing a job, it has to be monetarily concerned, etc. If more things were automated then perhaps the poor people in africa could get basic help for example. the monetary system we live in=corrupt

  • Lol hater i saw your comments on several newscientist videos and they are rather uneducated thoughts. Do some critical thinking for like 5 mins before commenting on any youtube video. Seriously, it should amaze you if you did it right. If not, you're a dumbass.

  • I've never even been on this channel before. xD

  • Holly crap this isn't news... this old already..

  • this is not a waste of money you idiots, of course that robotic nurse isn't good enough to be put in hospitals now but we have to start from somewhere.

  • the robot nurses have potential if they build them right in all the right places

  • Uh... I would never want to be picked up by that stupid robot. I'd rather die then face the humiliation.

  • Robot nurses = fucking stupid idea.

  • people are fucking lazy that shit not going do as well as a human. this is waster of are money!

  • To Tailsown:

    Poor comment, english and language skills.

  • Someone who thinks the same thing. One in a few of those on YouTube.

  • maybe robots will turn out to be good afterall.

  • ahah some sick stuff there

  • Screw that. Cut me open and go in old fashioned. What if that plastic crap gets lodged in my guts or something? Send in more remote robots to dislodge them? Fuck that. Put me under and cut me open, doc. Do it yourself, with your own hands, not some remote 15 part piece of robot shit. Besides, it'll leave a cool scar.

  • stonemasons make cool tombstones these-days too

  • I don't know who would want to " swallow about 15 robotic parts" but I would do it only if I were in the last stage of an illness and this would be the last solution... I'm not that keen to robots literally crawling inside me

  • You're right. They're not getting me to swallow those big pills. I would choke.

  • I'll bet ya a 100 bucks on that those parts are only a prototype, and that they will decrease the size a lot.

  • Agreed! I wouldn't want to swallow those huge hunks of plastic!

  • that is brilliant.

  • Robot with a Mohawk picking up a Michael Jackson doll. Now I've see everything.

  • that is, the robot carrying the human, that's cute :]

  • the robot part is kinda cute :3

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  • I like to see how they get that out....XD

  • lol, why?

  • after watching many of these videos ive realized that its designed for 3rd graders, and is just as in the title, nothing more than a lot of science fiction mumbo jumbo.

  • You are absolutely right. I only watch them to keep up on new scientific news

  • this isnt even news its like 5-10 year old technology, read scientific journals if you want up to date news.

  • This is absolutely amazing! So many break throughs in one vid, excellent job New Scientist!

    I cannot wait to see the future of the swollowed robots that could someday become small enough to actually be absorbed into pours and collect at an infection or wound or even clogged arteries! This is nanotechnology working backwards to make the function before the design. Very innovative!

  • Wouldn't like to shit out that robot after its fully assembled.

  • Rofl! I hadn't thought of that ;-P

  • it can crawl up your throat and escape that way

    ;)

  • It will be a lot less embarrassing to have a robot clean up after your accidents than a person when you get too old to take care of yourself.

  • No thank you.

  • i dont like the sound of having to swallow those things and tehy look a bit big to do much on the inside, if smaller ounds were made i'd be up for it though.