Robots · June 2015Gaffe level: Typo
Disaster-Response Robots Kept Falling Down and Could Not Get Up
At the DARPA Robotics Challenge, disaster-response robots repeatedly toppled on stairs and rubble and could not get back up without human help. The robot takeover was, for the moment, horizontal.
Source: Smithsonian
A Belfast Surgical Robot Has Treated 130 Complex Cases Since May
Belfast City Hospital's Da Vinci 5 robotic platform for gynaecology has treated 130 patients needing complex surgery since its launch in May 2026, and the longest inpatient wait in Belfast Trust has fallen from seven years to three. A new 1.95 million pound investment in endometriosis services will expand the specialist centres and local care behind that progress.