How is this an innovation over things like the Da Vinci surgical robot system? http://www.intuitivesurgical.com/products/davinci_surgical_s...
Not it's not related to that. From what I understand, it transmits the force directly, not using a physical "robot-hand", but pressure I think. Maybe I was fooled, because as miahi said, it's not really clear from the article.. Nonetheless if it's what I think, then it's a worthy news. Funny I didn't think of Star Wars, but that's as close as it gets I think