Read the text and complete it with the given phrases. There is one phrase you don't have to use
- help surgeons perform operations
- that goes on during an operation
- from their help
- which has a camera on it
- be done faster
- how safe
- respond quickly to any change
- because they can detect the change in acidity
Now there are robots that [ ]. What can they do and is there anything to fear?
As surgical techniques become more advanced, keeping close control over everything [ ] becomes more difficult. The need for greater control and sensitivity has led to the building of surgical robots. Keyhole surgery has a lot of benefit [ ]. Specially adapted instruments on the ends of thin tubes are put through a small hole in the patient's skin. The surgeon operates the instruments from outside the body using an instrument called a laparoscope, [ ]. Thus, doctors can watch the whole operation on a special screen.
The Laparobot, or the robot laparoscope, gives the surgeon greater control over the image on the screen, so the operation can [ ]. The Laparobot is controlled by an electronic device worn by the surgeon. The position of the camera inside the patient follows the surgeon's hand movements. But [ ] are these robots? Unlike industrial robots, these new surgical robots are designed to be extremely sensitive to the environment and [ ]. For instance, they stop if they bump into an unexpected blood vessel.