However science fiction-esque it may have sounded decades ago, using robots to perform delicate surgeries today is decidedly science fact. Looking toward future decades, researchers are now trying to find ways to take robotic surgery to the battlefield. "We're not talking about something that's going to be immediately available, but if we don't do this research now, we will not have the option of having surgical intervention remotely or robotically (on the battlefield). That's the underpinning motivation for our getting into it," said Dr. Gerry Moses of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. The basics A surgeon using a...