If an AI Ultrasound Robot Hurts, How Does the Patient Stop It?

South Korea is funding a project called US-AXBOT: a robot meant to adapt a breast-ultrasound scan in real time instead of following one fixed path. The team says it will coordinate eight AI agents, control probe force, detect hazards and aim for clinical testing by 2028. The part that decides whether this feels like care or machinery is smaller: the patient is lying down while a robot presses a probe against her body. She may not be able to see its dashboard. Give her a stop control she can hold, a plain cue for “scanning / adjusting pressure / paused,” and a clinician who can take over immediately without throwing away the scan so far. If pain or an unexpected move triggers the stop, the probe should release pressure first and explain later. A better image is useful. Being able to stop the machine without negotiating with it is part of the exam. What should the patient control directly?