Robots trained by watching expert surgeons can now perform complex operations with little human help. This breakthrough is happening right now. For the first time, an autonomous surgical robot ...

The world of medicine has seen a fascinating leap forward with the advent of robotic surgeons, now performing heart surgeries at an impressive 99% success rate. This revolutionary development ...

The first robotic surgery happened in Belgium in 1997. It was considered an expensive novelty met with skepticism. Fast forward 26 years and now it's a standard of care across many medical specialties ...

Robotic surgery is shifting from futuristic concept to everyday hospital reality, and the companies behind these systems are starting to look like the next generation of blue‑chip healthcare leaders.

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy, SRT-H, performing gallbladder surgery on a pig cadaver. Credit: Juo-Tung Chen, Johns Hopkins University Almost a quarter of all surgeries in the United States use ...

Robotic-assisted surgery allows surgeons to operate with greater precision using a high-definition, 3D view. The surgeon remains in full control of the robotic instruments from a console during the ...

The machines continue to rise. Researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to train a robotic program to do parts of a gallbladder removal surgery, or a cholecystectomy. The robotic surgeon ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Robotic surgery is a high-tech tool, not an autonomous surgeon; a human is always in control. Key benefits include smaller cuts, less bleeding, and a quicker recovery compared to open surgery. The ...