Comments on: Punching Robot Totally Breaks Asimov’s First Rule http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/14/punching-robot-totally-breaks-asimovs-first-rule/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ChH http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/14/punching-robot-totally-breaks-asimovs-first-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-49947 ChH Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:07:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13355#comment-49947 Asimov's 3 laws were made to be broken. Asimov’s 3 laws were made to be broken.

]]> By: Old Rockin' Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/14/punching-robot-totally-breaks-asimovs-first-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-49936 Old Rockin' Dave Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:01:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13355#comment-49936 So-called robotic surgery does not really involve a robot, but is, as you say, telesurgery. In effect the surgical "robot" is really a sort of waldo. Having assisted in the OR a few times, I can attest that a slip by a human hand could be quite devastating (although I never saw a significant slip). I have not witnessed "robotic" (it really isn't a robot) surgery, but looking at photos of the units, it does not appear to me that the arms have as much scope to move as a human arm does. Such surgery is done in a very small field which is often closed, as in laparoscopic surgery. I would expect that movement on the part of the surgeon is reduced and somewhat damped to avoid exactly that kind of problem. I can't say for sure, since my surgical knowledge is far from current, but that would be my educated guess. So-called robotic surgery does not really involve a robot, but is, as you say, telesurgery. In effect the surgical “robot” is really a sort of waldo.
Having assisted in the OR a few times, I can attest that a slip by a human hand could be quite devastating (although I never saw a significant slip).
I have not witnessed “robotic” (it really isn’t a robot) surgery, but looking at photos of the units, it does not appear to me that the arms have as much scope to move as a human arm does. Such surgery is done in a very small field which is often closed, as in laparoscopic surgery. I would expect that movement on the part of the surgeon is reduced and somewhat damped to avoid exactly that kind of problem.
I can’t say for sure, since my surgical knowledge is far from current, but that would be my educated guess.

]]> By: Rhacodactylus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/10/14/punching-robot-totally-breaks-asimovs-first-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-49923 Rhacodactylus Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:33:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=13355#comment-49923 I always wonder if the Germans are aware of the stereotypes when they're make a knife wielding punching robot =) Quick question, is there a version of this in place during research on robotic telesurgeries? It would seem that, if a surgeon were to move oddly that a robot arm would be capable of inflicting much more damage than a similar slip by a human hand. <a href="http://untitledvanityproject.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">~Rhaco</a> I always wonder if the Germans are aware of the stereotypes when they’re make a knife wielding punching robot =)

Quick question, is there a version of this in place during research on robotic telesurgeries? It would seem that, if a surgeon were to move oddly that a robot arm would be capable of inflicting much more damage than a similar slip by a human hand.

~Rhaco

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