Published in Science Translational Medicine · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers developed a supervised autonomous robot that excelled in open bowel surgery on pigs, potentially reducing complications and improving surgical outcomes. With further development, autonomous robotic surgery may take human error out of the operating room, benefiting patients undergoing soft tissue surgeries.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Robotic surgery just got more autonomous American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · May 4, 2016 · first to report
- Johns Hopkins scientist programs robot for 'soft tissue' surgery Johns Hopkins University · May 4, 2016