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From Methuen Company’s Motors Power MRI Surgery Robot:

The University of Calgary neuroArm Microsurgery Robot
The University of Calgary neuroArm Microsurgery Robot—

In this photo, the arm is equipped with a tool-holding extension. The arm’s motion is controlled by tiny piezo-ceramic motors that don’t disrupt the magnetic field in an MRI machine.

    
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