The medical industry has developed robotic technology that gives doctors and surgeons newfound abilities. Using surgical assistant robots such as the Da Vinci, doctors are now able to perform completely sterile surgeries, often from a location far from the operating room. The delicate work performed by a robot prevents the factor of human error or even the chance for a surgeon to slip while cutting into a patient. They've also been able to automate certain time-consuming tasks in laboratory work. The medical industry is one of the fastest growing fields for robotics. Work is in place to use robots for care giving and further delicate work, even experimenting with nanotechnology that could some day perform invasive procedures without surgery.
