On the outside, the patient's stomach is smeared in yellowy iodine and puffed out from the CO2 pumped in to provide some elbow room. Five "ports" are cut through his side, allowing surgeons to slip mechanical tools into his body. On the inside, it's an unrecognizable mess of viscera, shiny pink surfaces and gloopy fat. Across the room, lead surgeon Barry Gardiner sits at a console with his head pressed into a 3D viewfinder. His fingers, looped into what look like castanets, dart about just above his lap. But the action is taking place inside the patient, where metal robot "hands"...
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