Researchers at Duke University biomedical engineering department have developed a laboratory robot that can locate the earliest traces of a mass in simulated breast tissue and reach that mass with a biopsy needle.

The robot can move in three axis right now. Their next goal is developing a robot that can move in 6 axis.

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Breast biopsy is a surgical procedure which all or part of lump is removed and tested for maligancy.