deutschland robo-doc
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this robot apparently made in CA.... buggy robo-doc ?[^] Crippled German patients sue cyber-surgeon JO McALLISTER IN BERLIN MORE than 100 Germans are claiming their lives have been ruined by surgical equipment, known as Robodoc, designed to perform surgery far more accurately than a human. But Professor Martin Boerner, from the Federal Accident and Emergency Clinic in Frankfurt, said: "We believe that these complications were not as a result of the work by the robot, but are down to other factors." He said the 18 Robodocs in use throughout Germany had notched up about 12,000 hip operations between them. Lawyers Christian Reuchler and Dr Jochen Grund, who have taken on the case, said they were gathering evidence which would allow them to claim substantial damages. Reuchler said: "This is the first time legal action has ever been taken against a robot doctor, and I am sure it will not be the last."