Concepts and Trends n Autonomy for Robot-Assisted Surgery.

Paolo Fiorini Ken Y Goldberg Yunhui Liu Russell H Taylor

Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2022)

Surgical robots have been widely adopted with over 4000 robots being used in practice daily. However, these are telerobots that are fully controlled by skilled human surgeons. Introducing "surgeon-assist"-some forms of autonomy-has the potential to reduce tedium and increase consistency, analogous to driver-assist functions for lanekeeping, cruise control, and parking. This article examines the scientific and technical backgrounds of robotic autonomy in surgery and some ethical, social, and legal implications. We describe several autonomous surgical tasks that have been automated in laboratory settings, and research concepts and trends.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
healthcare
endothelial cells
quality improvement
machine learning
mental health
surgical site infection
deep learning
high throughput
risk assessment
decision making
climate change
single cell
human health
thoracic surgery