"Other robotics experts are not so sure. Ryan Calo is a law professor at the University of Washington, and teaches a class on Robotic Law and Policy. “The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved robotic surgery relatively quickly because it made an analogy between robotic surgery and laparoscopic surgery,” he says. Makers of robotic surgical systems claimed that their devices were essentially an extension of traditional laparoscopic instruments. In fact, viewing and controlling manipulators remotely via a video screen, using complex software and hardware features, means robotic surgery feels new for both medics and patients. “If Google were to try to make the same argument for an autonomous robot, the analogy would break down completely. It’s a very different thing,” says Calo."
- Date Published:12/14/2015
- Original Publication:Medium