Johnson & Johnson, one of America's largest pharmaceutical (and beauty) industries, announced today that it will work with Google to develop medical robots that can help in the operating room.
The two companies hope that robotic technology can help medical professionals by providing greater control and precision in a surgical procedure. According to Johnson & Johnson, the robots will, among other things, be able to provide detailed visualizations and data analysis during duration of surgeries, according to TNW.
"This partnership with Google is another important step in our commitment to promoting surgical care," Gary Pruden, president of the Johnson & Johnson Global Group of Surgeons, said in a press release. "We aim to put the best science, technology and surgical know-how in the hands of medical teams around the world."
Today's partnership isn't Google's first investment in medical technology. Last year, he collaborated with company Novartis to create a line of smart contact lenses that could measure glucose levels in blood of the user.
It's unclear whether Google's collaboration with J&J today is part of the Moonshot Google X projects, which include a number of strangeletterthe likes of Project Loon, self-driving cars, the aforementioned lenses and, of course, Google Glass. What really happened to the ambitious Google Glass project?
