Crab Robot Helps Remove Stomach Cancer

redletterdave writes "Singaporean researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any scars. Mounted on an endoscope, it enters the patient's gut through the mouth. It has a pincer to hold cancerous tissues, and a hook that slices them off and coagulates blood to stop bleeding. With the help of a tiny camera attached to the endoscope, the surgeon sees what's inside the gut and controls the robotic arms remotely while sitting in front of a monitor screen. The robot has already helped remove early-stage stomach cancers in five patients in Hong Kong and India, using a fraction of the time normally taken in open and keyhole surgeries that put patients at higher risk of infection and leave behind scars."

Hm...

[Mursk]

So it's a cancer that removes cancer?

Yo, dawg...

Uh, a robot crab that crawls down your throat?

[oodaloop]

Welcome to the future! It's creepy, terrifying, and bizarre. And no flying cars.

Oh

[Hatta]

So that's where crabby patties come from.

Re:Hm...

[Cryacin]

So let me get this straight. To cure my cancer, I need to get crabs?

Re:Wow...

[Mursk]

Then, once the stomach cancer robots get rid of the crabs, we simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the cancer robots.