Robots Will Surpass Best Human Surgeons In 5 Yrs: Musk

New Delhi: Amid significant medical breakthroughs being achieved by robots, billionaire Elon Musk on Monday said they have the potential to surpass the best human surgeons within five years.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said that his brain-computer interface company Neuralink depended on robots for the brain-computer electrode insertion as the task was impossible to achieve with humans.

“Robots will surpass good human surgeons within a few years and the best human surgeons within five years,” Musk shared in a post on the social media platform X.

“Neuralink had to use a robot for the brain-computer electrode insertion, as it was impossible for a human to achieve the required speed and precision,” he added.

The post came in response to another post by influencer Mario Nawfal who highlighted a recent breakthrough of robotics in medicine by the US-based medical device company Medtronic. Nawfal said that Medtronic successfully deployed its Hugo robotic system in "137 real surgeries -- fixing prostates, kidneys, and bladders”.