Margaret Bumann UNMC public affairs and Kelly Bartling University of Nebraska-Lincoln

NU’s surgical robots in 18-day aquanaut expedition

NASA is using tiny surgical robots developed by University of Nebraska researchers as part of an underwater mission designed to train doctors to perform surgery in outer space. The 18-day NEEMO 9 expedition continues through April 20 and will evaluate two innovative robotic technologies that may some day be used to help keep spacefarers healthy, even during prolonged missions.

Apr 13, 2006

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