"Imagine you're having a hip replacement. . . . As you're wheeled into the operating room, you notice the nurses and anesthetist preparing for your surgery. But wait, someone's missing. Your surgeon. You look around the room and finally spot the surgeon, off in the corner keying information into a computer terminal. And there, next to the doctor and computer is a five hundred pound, seven foot-high, jointed steel arm, with a tiny drill attached to one end. It's Robodoc. And it's going to assist in your surgery."35 How do you feel about being operated on by a robot as opposed to a human being?