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AUTONOMOUS ROBOT PERFORMS SUCCESSFUL SURGERY ON LIVING PIG
A STAR SURGEON
By Claire Maldarelli
In recent years, robots have steadily crept their way into the operating room, helping to perform procedures as humans direct their movements. Robotic devices in surgery have a lot of potential benefits; they can help reduce error rates and increase the efficiency of the surgeries. But developing a robotic device that can perform the surgery completely on its own has been challenging, especially for surgeries that involve soft tissue, where the dexterity of the surgeon’s hands are vital.
Now, a group of researchers at The Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. have developed a device that they say is able to perform these surgeries without the constant watch and manipulation of a surgeon. Their work was published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
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In the paper, the researchers report that 60 percent of the surgeries were performed completely autonomously, meaning the physicians provided no help during the procedure. For the other 40 percent, the researchers made adjustments to the robot during the surgery. However, they note that these adjustments were very minor and think the device could be autonomous 100 percent of the time.
http://www.popsci.com/new-robotic-surgery-tool-outperformed-human-surgeons
A STAR SURGEON
By Claire Maldarelli
In recent years, robots have steadily crept their way into the operating room, helping to perform procedures as humans direct their movements. Robotic devices in surgery have a lot of potential benefits; they can help reduce error rates and increase the efficiency of the surgeries. But developing a robotic device that can perform the surgery completely on its own has been challenging, especially for surgeries that involve soft tissue, where the dexterity of the surgeon’s hands are vital.
Now, a group of researchers at The Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. have developed a device that they say is able to perform these surgeries without the constant watch and manipulation of a surgeon. Their work was published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
......
In the paper, the researchers report that 60 percent of the surgeries were performed completely autonomously, meaning the physicians provided no help during the procedure. For the other 40 percent, the researchers made adjustments to the robot during the surgery. However, they note that these adjustments were very minor and think the device could be autonomous 100 percent of the time.
http://www.popsci.com/new-robotic-surgery-tool-outperformed-human-surgeons