This guy makes R2D2 look cuddly.

A child-sized robot with dreams of being a doctor is working its way up the ranks at a Big Apple vein treatment clinic — and might one day be the one wielding the knife.

Astra, a 4-foot-tall silver cyborg, is still in training, and her gig at Astra Vascular so far includes waving at customers, running down the sidewalk and handing out flyers on Stienway Street.

But Dr. George Boltin has higher hopes for his robot. He believes it will one be able to scrub into his operating room and serve as his assistant, handing him the tools he needs for procedures and maybe even rattling off medical tips as they work. 6

“Right now, he’s mostly for promotion, but I really foresee him having a role in something, at some point, [helping with surgery],” said Dr. Ge

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