"An intermediate step would be robotic tools that could be controlled by a surgeon as effectively as their own hands." But that is basically already were we ar

"An intermediate step would be robotic tools that could be controlled by a surgeon as effectively as their own hands." But that is basically already were we are today right? And it's way more efficient than "as their own hands": a friend surgeon was explaining me that robotic tools were used not only because they were way more precise than human hands but also because they allowed for far greater freedom of movements, being able to rotate on way more axis than our human hands. This is one of the main "problem" with robots: it's not just that they're "as good" as we are. It's that they're way more precise and can do things we can't. There are also, if I'm not mistaken, surgeries that have been performed across countries, with the surgeon in one country controlling the robotic arms in another country.