Robots In Medical Robotics

Introduction to the report

Human existence since the twentieth century will always be incomplete without the description of science and technology. Technology has invaded almost all spheres of human life, and the medical sciences are no exception. Recent developments, like Electro-encephalography and devices like Pacemakers, have helped to improve healthcare. Since the 1990s, however, a new and promising technological application in medicine has emerged in the form of Medical Robotics. This booming field incorporates developing robotic devices to perform or assist in medical procedures.

Robots have found a wide variety of applications in medicine, ranging from surgical robots, rehabilitative robots, bionic or exoskeleton devices and micro-robots.

Introduction to robotic surgery

Robotic surgery refers to the procedure of performing operations and surgeries with the help of robots. They can be used to perform surgical tasks which are complicated in nature, or require quick movements with accuracy. These robots will have all sorts of moving parts (called end-effectors), drills, or instruments like endoscopes attached to them. So they can be used to implement medical procedures, under the supervision of a surgeon.

Since robots in surgery represent a very novel concept, they can be used to perform treatments never imagined before; that is to say, they can vastly improve the capabilities of the doctor. The surgeon does not need to move the instruments. So, a robot can be made to perform the surgery while the surgeon sits and controls it through a computer. The surgeon can also control the robot through a distance. This opens up the possibility of remote surgeries and telemedicine.

Today, robotic surgeries find wide applications, from complicated heart surgeries to precise orthopaedic and neuro-surgeries.

2. Technology involved in robotic

That is, the surgeon might be present in some other wing of the hospital, or in another continent altogether. The surgeon works using tele-manipulated robotic arms. The only patient information available to the surgeon is in the form of sensor data, so these data must be very accurate for the surgery. Such a surgery requires a complicated human-computer interface (HCI), which may consist of visual, tactile, force, or aural feedback components. A commonly used HCI is a virtual reality interface glove. Recently, remote surgeries have been used to inject fluids into blood vessels within a diameter as small as