The Coolest Medical Robots in Sci-fi Movies

Here are my top 9 movies with medical robots. As a science fiction fanatic, movies that speculate about the future and depict how robots will be used fascinate me. Some of them describe robots as dumb mechanical machines while others merge them with artificial intelligence. All of their ideas may still become reality.  1) Ender’s Game One of the iconic sci-fi books meant to be on the big screen, Ender’s Game features a surgical robot performing brain surgery on one of the lead characters. The robot was actually designed by Blake Hannaford and his biorobotics team at the University of Washington, which means it was as realistic as possible. 2) Revenge of the Sith In the third episode of Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker is seriously burnt and loses his legs. Robot surgeons work on him while he is in great pain, enclosing him in Darth Vader’s infamous black armor. Though the robots take good care of the protagonist, why he isn’t anesthetized is anyone’s guess. 3) Prometheus The Alien prequel featured a surgical robot performing major operations without human control and David, the highly sophisticated android with artificial intelligence. The makers of the movie also released an imaginary advertisement showing why someone in the future might want to buy such robots. 4) Humans The British television series gives a clear picture about a possible future when robot companions live with us. Some robots are depicted as healthcare professionals that can take care of the elder...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Medical Robotics Medical Science Fiction GC1 Source Type: blogs