A na-eji robot ahụ eme ihe na usoro ịwa ahụ na 12 March 1984, na UBC Hospital na Vancouver. E mere ihe karịrị 60 arthroscopic ịwa ahụ na ọnwa 12 mbụ, na 1985 National Geographic video on robots, The Industrial Robotics Revolution, gosipụtara ngwaọrụ ahụ. Ngwaọrụ ndị ọzọ e mepụtara n'otu oge ahụ gụnyere onye nọọsụ na-awa ahụ, nke na-arụ ọrụ na olu olu, na onye na-ahụ maka ọgwụ na ahụike. Ndị na-arụ ọrụ n'oge ahụ bụ injinia biomedical Dr. James McEwen, Geof Auchinleck, onye na-arụ ọrụ na UBC engineering physics, na Dr. Brian Day yana otu ìgwè nke ụmụ akwụkwọ injinia.
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