VINELAND--It's a scene taken right out of a Sci-Fi film. A robot with four arms looms over the operating table waiting to work on the next patient. This isn't a Hollywood movie set, this is the future of surgery.

"I'm absolutely delighted to see at the end of my career the robot coming in to be a help in initiating the program," said Theresa Cole Surgical Services.

South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland officially unveiled their da Vinci Surgery robot, which they nicknamed 'Leo'. Costing $1.65 million dollars, this technologically advanced robotic surgical system has doctors, nurses, and medical technicians excited.

"It makes the operation a lot easier for the surgeon. And therefore allow them to be a lot better surgeon," said surgeon Dr. Christopher Lee.

At first glance the machine looks complicated to operate. But once in front of the controls it's actually quite simple to use. The patient lies on the operating table with robotic arms overhead fitted with surgical tools. Ten feet away the surgeon sits at the controls, which she can remotely perform the surgery. The robot duplicates the doctor's motions on the patient with greater accuracy and stability.

"From a lifestyle standpoint there is less pain, less discomfort, less blood loss. They're able to get back to their life," said Sean Nolan with South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center.

And less time in the hospital means less money patients have to pay. 'Leo' has already performed 8 prostatectomies, a surgical procedure to remove a cancerous prostate.

"There is a merging of man and machine," said surgeon Dr. George Taliadourous.

Which means it won't be long before surgical robots become a regular fixture in operating rooms.