Watch If You Dare: This Tentacled Robot Will Perform Microsurgery on Your Eyes
by The Daily Eye Team December 3 2016, 11:01 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 29 secsWatch this tiny robot uses its pincers to perform a cataract surgery and — oh my god, stop, keep it away from my eyeballs!
If you can stand to watch it through your laced fingers, it’s a pretty amazing little dude. Called Axsis, the robot was designed by Cambridge Consultants and showed off earlier this week. Its body is the size of a soda can and its instruments measure only 1.8 millimeters in diameter. It’s made to perform one of the most common surgeries —cataract correction.