ReviewBMC biomedical engineering2019
Robots in laparoscopic surgery: current and future status.
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- The Use of Augmented Reality for Navigation in Minimally Invasive Abdominal and Thoracic Soft-Tissue Surgery: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- The ethical landscape of robot-assisted surgery: a systematic review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Emerging molecules, tools, technology, and future of surgical knife in gastroenterology.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2024Article
- Comparison of Mortality and Postoperative Complications Between Open and Laparoscopic Repair of Perforated Peptic Ulcer: An Umbrella Review.Minimally invasive surgery · 2024Review
- An Actuated Variable-View Rigid Scope System to Assist Visualization in Diagnostic Procedures.IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine · 2024Article
- Integration of Virtual Reality in the Control System of an Innovative Medical Robot for Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- User interfaces for actuated scope maneuvering in surgical systems: a scoping review.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Robot-assisted versus video-assisted thoraco-laparoscopic McKeown's esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis of minimally invasive approaches.Journal of robotic surgery · 2022Article
- Review of the Standard and Advanced Screening, Staging Systems and Treatment Modalities for Cervical Cancer.Cancers · 2022Review
- Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Hepatic Surgery: An Historical Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Robotic Manipulation under Harsh Conditions Using Self-Healing Silk-Based Iontronics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- The Management of Clinical Varicocele: Robotic Surgery Approach.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Review
- Robotics-assisted surgery in gynecology: A single-center experience with the Hugo™ RAS system in India.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
In this paper, we focus on robots used for laparoscopic surgery, which is one of the most active areas for research and development of surgical robots. We introduce research and development of laparoscope-holder robots, master-slave robots and hand-held robotic forceps. Then, we discuss future directions for surgical robots. For robot hardware, snake like flexible mechanisms for single-port access surgery (SPA) and NOTES (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery) and applications of soft robotics are actively used. On the software side, research such as automation of surgical procedures using machine learning is one of the hot topics.
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