NASA to test “Surgeon” Robot on International Space Station

In development for two decades, the robot is equipped with two instrument arms that can be remotely controlled to perform minimally invasive surgery and other procedures. NASA will test, together with the company Virtual Incision, a remote surgical robot aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

 

The platform is named MIRA – which stands for Miniaturized in Vivo Robotic Assistant – classified as a high-tech device, consisting of a main section equipped with two instrument arms that can be remotely controlled, for minimally invasive surgeries.

 

Operating within a space reserved for experiments the size of a microwave, the goal is that researchers on Earth can simulate, in orbit, the handling of the robot to cut fabrics and move small objects.

With 2kg of weight and small size, the robot will be operated remotely from manual controls and pedals that give the surgeon full control of the instrument arms. The device also features an endoscopic view of the anatomy in real time.

In previous tests on Earth, MIRA was able to remove part of a colon, in a procedure known as a colectomy, conducted by surgeons who controlled the robot from 1,448km away.

In the future, the expectation is that the technology will allow surgeries to be performed in remote space, when necessary.

 

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