Robot Surgeons
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In robotic surgery, doctors control the movement of a mechanical arm through joysticks, knobs and other peripherals. A new exoskeleton system however, turns a doctor's hands into the controls and provides haptic feedback to simulate actually touching a patient's innards.
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A new system called HeroSurg, developed by researchers at Deakin and Harvard Universities, is set to increase what surgeons can achieve via robotic surgery, using a haptic feedback system to provide a sense of touch.
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A robot guided by 3-D ultrasound and artificial intelligence has demonstrated it can locate lesions in simulated breast and prostate tissue and take biopsies without human assistance.
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Robotic technology that predicts the movement of the heart as it beats enables surgical tools to move in concert with each beat, which will allow surgeons to operate on a beating heart as if it were stationary.
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Duke University has developed a robot that can detect and remove tiny pieces of metal from human bodies autonomously.