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Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery – so they are practicing in the shadows

  • Written by Matt Beane, Project Scientist, University of California, Santa Barbara
Surgeons in Switzerland use the robot da Vinci to aid a hernia operation. Over a third of US hospitals have at least one surgical robot.AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi

Artificial intelligence and robotics spell massive changes to the world of work. These technologies can automate new tasks, and we are making more of them, faster, better and...

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