Astronauts May Have Surgery in Space

There has been a lot of groundbreaking research on how human life can be sustained in the space environment. International Space Stationwill soon include revolutionary operations. The autonomous robot named ‘MIRA’, developed by the engineers of the University of Nebraska, will enable astronauts to undergo surgical operations in space.

MIRA, which is currently under development, It will perform its first test mission in 2024. Testing and development of the robot will be carried out with a $100,000 award from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the university. So what has the robot achieved so far and what will it make possible?

He will be able to operate completely on his own, without the need for any surgical specialist:

MIRA has two main advantages that will enable surgical operations in space. The first of these will open in the body just a small cut to make operations possible. Thus, surgeons will perform operations such as abdominal surgery with minimal damage. The second advantage is, of course, that the robot can be remotely controlled by surgeons if needed. In this way, surgeons will be able to perform surgical interventions on astronauts thousands of kilometers away. In this context, injured astronauts can be treated and operations such as removing the shrapnel stuck in the body will be possible.

The robot has given very successful results in the tests carried out so far. So much so that retired NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson previously used the robot from university. When you are 1,448 kilometers away managed to control it.

The next main goal of engineers is to build the robot. make fully autonomous will be. Currently, the non-autonomous robot will have this feature with artificial intelligence under development. So much so that in the future, astronauts will start the operation with just one click of a button, and the robot will perform the operation by itself.