Are autonomous robots your next surgeons?
8 years, 10 months ago

Are autonomous robots your next surgeons?

CNN  

Story highlights A supervised autonomous robot successfully performed soft-tissue surgery for the first time The project's lead wants to move beyond robot assistants to robot surgeons CNN — Robots have become the norm in numerous industries, taking over repetitive tasks that humans aren’t necessarily needed for – or want to do – such as the production of cars and electronics. The team showed for the first time that a supervised autonomous robot could perform soft-tissue surgery, stitching together a pig’s bowel during open surgery – and doing so better than a human surgeon. “This smart, intelligent technology will tell you how to optimally,” said Peter Kim, associate surgeon in chief at the hospital and project lead on the Smart-Tissue Autonomous Robot, or STAR. “Wouldn’t it be nice that whenever or wherever you need surgery, it’s done by the best surgeon?” Surgeons monitor an operation performed by the Smart-Tissue Autonomous Robot.

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Hospitals embrace expensive robotic surgeries
2 years, 6 months ago

Hospitals embrace expensive robotic surgeries

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: An increasing number of hospitals are carrying out robot assisted surgeries, although expensive, as they offer numerous advantages to both patients and surgeons. After KIMS Hospital and Care Hospitals announced the launch of fully automated robotic systems in the past week, even the government hospital, MNJ Cancer Hospital, will start offering robotic assisted surgeries in a few months after …

The surgeons who can operate from anywhere in the world
3 years, 3 months ago

The surgeons who can operate from anywhere in the world

BBC  

The surgeons who can operate from anywhere in the world The era of virtual surgery While robotic surgery has been possible for several years, the equipment has been prohibitively expensive for many parts of the world and requires specialist training to use. In response, robots have been deployed where possible, conducting specialised surgeries that allow surgeons to stay at a …

Hospitals turn to robots to clear backlog of elective surgeries amid covid-19
4 years, 6 months ago

Hospitals turn to robots to clear backlog of elective surgeries amid covid-19

Live Mint  

Leading hospitals in India including Tata Memorial, Apollo Hospitals, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Manipal Hospitals are turning to robots to clear the backlog of elective surgeries that had to be put on hold after the covid-19 outbreak to reduce the risk of exposure to patients and doctors. Post covid-19, the fear of crowded spaces and higher risk of infection …

My robot surgeon: The past, present and future of surgical bots
6 years, 1 month ago

My robot surgeon: The past, present and future of surgical bots

The Hindu  

About one month ago, the headlines flashed, ‘Gujarat doctor makes history’, crediting cardiac surgeon Dr Tejas Patel with conducting the world’s first telerobotic surgery on a patient in Ahmedabad. “Even though the surgeries would be successful, the recovery time would be longer, and the scars would add trauma,” says Detroit-based Dr Mahendra Bhandari, Director, Robotic Surgery Research and Education, Vattikuti …

A Robot Ear Surgeon Drills Into the Future of Medicine
8 years ago

A Robot Ear Surgeon Drills Into the Future of Medicine

Wired  

Technically it ain’t brain surgery, but let’s just say you wouldn’t want to do a cochlear implant while sleepy or distracted. The first robot-assisted cochlear implant in a clinical trial, which researchers describe today in the journal Science Robotics, doesn’t just enhance a surgeon’s dexterity like the by-now-common da Vinci robot might. Today, robots and surgeons still have to hold …

Robots to replace human workers in hospitals, may conduct surgeries
8 years, 5 months ago

Robots to replace human workers in hospitals, may conduct surgeries

India TV News  

In coming years, it will be very frequent to watch robots in hospitals that could complete all the tasks to diminish workload, said a latest research. Robots can imitate human motions as well as effectively coordinate their actions with humans even with surgeries, a research has found. However, the goal of the use of technology is not to remove human …

Robot surgery on soft tissue tested on pigs
8 years, 10 months ago

Robot surgery on soft tissue tested on pigs

Firstpost  

US doctors show that soft tissue surgery can soon be performed entirely by a robot on humans, putting surgery one step closer into the realm of machines. A team of US doctors has shown for the first time that soft tissue surgery can soon be performed entirely by a robot on humans, putting surgery one step closer into the realm …

A hotel staffed by robots? It’s not science fiction – it’s now
9 years ago

A hotel staffed by robots? It’s not science fiction – it’s now

CNN  

CNN — In a science fiction future, we’ll arrive at the hotel in our driverless taxi, check in at the reception desk staffed by androids then follow the robot porter as it carries our bags to our room. “A lot of jobs considered non-automatable in the past are now considered to be automatable,” Oxford University’s Carl Benedikt Frey, an expert …

Google teams up with Johnson & Johnson for robotic surgery
9 years, 11 months ago

Google teams up with Johnson & Johnson for robotic surgery

Firstpost  

US health care giant Johnson & Johnson announced plans Friday to collaborate with Google on surgical robotics. US health care giant Johnson & Johnson announced plans Friday to collaborate with Google on surgical robotics.US health care The two companies said in a statement they would work “to create an innovative robotic-assisted surgical platform capable of integrating advanced technologies with the …

The surgeon who operates from 400km away
10 years, 10 months ago

The surgeon who operates from 400km away

BBC  

The surgeon who operates from 400km away Surgery underway in Ontario. A robot simulates stitches on an underwater base, while being controlled by surgeon Mehran Anvari from the surface The birth of telesurgery didn’t happen with everyday procedures in mind. It doesn’t feel different.” Mehran Anvari controls his robot surgeon, conducting a keyhole surgery Better landlines and hard-wired internet connections …

Robots that could perform surgery on astronauts in SPACE
10 years, 11 months ago

Robots that could perform surgery on astronauts in SPACE

Daily Mail  

The robots that could perform surgery in SPACE: Tiny doctor droids could perform complex medical procedures on astronauts Prototype has been created by Nebraska-based Virtual Incision and Nasa 0.9lb device has tools that can grab, cauterise and suture tissue Its head is fitted with a camera which sends a feed back to control station Nasa said astronauts could be trained …

Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking fresh look
11 years, 11 months ago

Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking fresh look

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier. What we thought was impossible 10 years ago is now commonplace,” said Dr. Michael Stifelman, robotic surgery chief at New York University’s Langone Medical Center. Robotic …

Doc in a Box — New Surgery Bot Prepares for Battle
16 years, 1 month ago

Doc in a Box — New Surgery Bot Prepares for Battle

Wired  

* Photo: Sian Kennedy * Nobody wants to have surgery on a battlefield; the idea of having it performed by a robot spider probably doesn't make it sound any less harrowing. "You probably won't see it used for open-heart surgeries," Berkelman says. Berkelman says his robot is ready for testing on human cadavers; he might move to live human subjects …

Robots . . . Robots Who Need People
27 years, 5 months ago

Robots . . . Robots Who Need People

LA Times  

If I remember the Popular Science and Mechanix Illustrated magazines of my youth correctly, by the end of the millennium we are supposed to relax in our easy chairs while robots mow our lawns, wash our windows and vacuum our rugs. It makes sense for a hospital, or a major manufacturer, to pay millions for robots that will make their …

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