India, July 9 -- Humanoid robots have successfully performed surgery for the first time, marking a major breakthrough in robotics and healthcare. This is one of the biggest steps towards using human-like robots in operating rooms.

The surgery was carried out with the help of surgeons from the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego). The team worked together to test whether humanoid robots could safely perform real surgical procedures, according to the report by Independent.

In the first operation, one humanoid robot successfully removed a gallbladder. The procedure is called a laparoscopic gallbladder removal, where surgeons operate through very small cuts using special instruments.

In a second experiment, two humanoid robots...