Leslie Reed University of Nebraska-Lincoln Communication

Former astronaut Anderson tests UNMC, UNL surgery robot

Two Nebraska robotics researchers hope that, one day, astronauts will use their miniature robots to conduct surgery in space.

Jun 5, 2017

From a conference room in the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Clayton Anderson uses remote controllers to move the "hands" of a surgical robot nearly 900 miles away in Omaha. He is watching a video feed that allows him to see what he is doing.