It’s not often we science journalists get to throw around the word “adorable” when discussing technological innovation, but in this case no other word suffices.

In a video released by da Vinci Surgery, the foremost technology in the field of surgical robotics, a grape with a flesh wound gets sewn up by a pair of tiny clawed hands at the end of two robotic arms. While a surgeon is still off-screen in this case, manipulating the arms and performing the world’s cutest surgery, eventually the scientists emulating the da Vinci technology, although not the scientists responsible for da Vinci itself, hope to make the machines go fully autonomous. That means robots, not humans, will be operating on you someday.

Introducing robots into the O.R. is bound to freak some people out. It shouldn’t. Even highly educated doctors experience shaky hands, fatigue, and lapses in judgment. Da Vinci hopes to bring the art and science of surgery into the 21st century with minimally invasive operations that can be mechanized and standardized. Their technology has already assisted surgeons in 1.5 million procedures, including urologic, gynecologic, thoracoscopic, and general surgery.

It also, apparently, helps injured grapes return to perfect health. Leonardo would be proud.

Correction: This article has been updated to more accurately reflect the intended goals of the da Vinci system. Intuitive Surgical, the robot's manufacturer, does not have plans of making the robot fully autonomous.