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Robots may have a lighter touch – UPI.com

Canadian researchers say a robot detected tumor tissue with a 35 percent lighter touch than that of humans.

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario and Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics in London used cows' livers containing small tumor-like blobs to test the ability of both robots and surgeons to feel or "palpate" for malignant tissue — usually stiffer than the surrounding tissue.

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