The gap in our supply of surgical skill is beginning to be filled now through robotic assisted surgery -- and eventually through robotic surgery. Tools like the Da Vinci Surgery System are poised to be supplemented and possibly even replaced with autonomous surgical machines. Today it’s possible for a surgeon to carry out an operation remotely, by “piloting” a robot surgeon like Da Vinci at a distance. Andre and Richard talk about the current status of robotic surgery and where it may lead.