“…Altogether six successful pyeloplasty procedures were performed on porcine kidneys using telesurgery, with the slave manipulator located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1,700 kilometers away from the controllers [8]. The Plugfest was one of the most notable experiments in the past years in this research domain, allowing eight master devices to connect with six slave machines [9]. Simulated interventions such as peg transfer tasks (SAGES Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery) were successfully supported for more than 24 hours, using the Interoperable Teleoperation Protocol (ITP) [10].…”