TOWARDS THE NEXT GENERATION SURGICAL ROBTICS
Mirgen Jaku
Recorded during: The 2020 TechMed Event | more info
Date recording: 15 September 2020
Abstract
Robots have been introduced in the OR through the past decades, but large scale and wordwide use is limited to endoscopic surgery in the abdomen and thorax. The market has been dominated for 20 years by Intuitive Surgical, but competition is gradually finding its way in. Robotics for endoscopic surgery were merely toplevel electromechanical support divices. The second revolution will be based on smart algorithms to add artificial intelligence to mecanical support. At short term, useful tools can be expected focussing on individual teaching, benchmarking and efficiency.