Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.5772/60133
Keywords
Surgical robotics; minimally invasive surgery; telesurgery; teleoperation; cognitive surgical robotics
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- EuRoSuiTe project [FP7-ICT-2011-7]
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Bolyai Scholarship
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Commercial surgical robots have been in clinical use since the mid-1990s, supporting surgeons in various tasks. In the past decades, many systems emerged as research platforms, and a few entered the global market. This paper summarizes the currently available surgical systems and research directions in the broader field of surgical robotics. The widely deployed teleoperateci manipulators aim to enhance human cognitive and physical skills and provide smart tools for surgeons, while image-guided robotics focus on surpassing human limitations by introducing automated targeting and treatment delivery methods. Both concepts are discussed based on prototypes and commercial systems. Through concrete examples the possible future development paths of surgical robots are illustrated. While research efforts are taking different approaches to improve the capacity of such systems, the aim of this survey is to assess their maturity from the commercialization point of view.
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