Geena slumped in her chair She didn’t want to learn about her dad’s surgery The hospital was boring The surgeon talked super fast and used a lot of words she did not know Geena heard the word robot Then the surgeon led them into the operating room There was a chunky plastic desk with a viewfinder in the top half A machine with four arms stood next to a hospital bed At the end of each arm were shiny metal instruments 4
Taking Over Some predict that by 2021 robots will perform one out of three surgeries 6
The surgeon sat at the desk When he moved the controls the machine’s arms rotated The tiny pinchers at the ends of the arms picked up a piece of paper on the bed Two pinchers worked together to fold the paper into an airplane The surgeon explained that the robot would operate on Geena’s dad while he ran the controls The robot’s tiny precise cuts would heal quickly he said For the first time ever Geena wished their hospital visit could last longer 7
