A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors. The successful use of imitation learning to train ...

The Intuitive da Vinci 5 robot operates on a fake piece of skin used to practice stitches. The da Vinci robot, added to Sansum Clinic's Foothill Surgery Center, allows for more precise cuts and ...

Drs. Hemil Maniar and Kelli Crabtree-Wilson are two LMH surgeons who use the Mazor robotic guidance system, which helps surgeons navigate spine procedures. From an early age, Dr. Kelli Crabtree-Wilson ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for Mendaera’s Focalist, a handheld robotic system designed to improve the precision of ultrasound-guided needle placement.

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, ...