ArticleScience robotics2021
A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020.
Article in Science robotics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07440459 (Assessing and Modeling the Mechanisms of Recovery During Robot Aided Neurorehabilitation of Walking), which is not on this map. Cited by 107 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Assessing and Modeling the Mechanisms of Recovery During Robot Aided Neurorehabilitation of Walking
Who cites it
107 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Robot-Assisted Oral Examination: Challenges and Innovations.International dental journal · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of full economic evaluations of robotic-assisted surgery in thoracic and abdominopelvic procedures.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Pooled it
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- Robotic breast ultrasound with knowledge-guided path planning and vision feedback.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Article
- Review of Gastrointestinal Capsule Robots: Materials, Actuation, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Cooperative integrated surgical robots for high-performance targeted therapies.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2026Review
- Single twistable tendon-driven continuum robots.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Transcutaneous spinal stimulation with upper extremity robotic training in chronic stroke and spinal cord injury: individual neurophysiological and clinical responses.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Evaluating Nursing Work Systems and Identifying Barriers for Robotic Technology Integration: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Observational
- Physics-informed neural networks for predicting laser-tissue interaction in maxillofacial reconstruction surgery.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- How microrobots should be translated: A clinical and value-centered readiness framework.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2026Review
- Interaction-aware dexterous robot for minimally invasive transcanal inner ear interventions.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Bimodal iontronic skins powered by edge intelligence for real-time collaborative interaction.National science review · 2026Article
- Robot-Assisted Peripheral Retinal Visualization during Vitrectomy without Scleral Depression: A First-In-Human Comparative Study.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- Review of Soft Robotic Gloves and Functional Electrical Stimulation Affecting Hand Function Rehabilitation for Stroke Patients.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Physical Intelligence in Small-Scale Robots and Machines.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Combining tethered and untethered magnetic robots via a magnetically triggerable latch for target payload delivery and retrieval.Science advances · 2026Article
- Accuracy of Robotic Computer-Assisted Implant Surgery Combined With Transcrestal Sinus Floor Elevation for Single-Tooth Implants: A Retrospective Case Series.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2026Article
- Synthetic X‑ray‑driven tracking and control of miniature medical devices.Nature machine intelligence · 2026Article
- The Effect of Medical Robot Information Transfer on Information Adherence of Cancer Patients: Evidence from a Scenario Experiment.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
47 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Robotics is a forward-looking discipline. Attention is focused on identifying the next grand challenges. In an applied field such as medical robotics, however, it is important to plan the future based on a clear understanding of what the research community has recently accomplished and where this work stands with respect to clinical needs and commercialization. This Review article identifies and analyzes the eight key research themes in medical robotics over the past decade. These thematic areas were identified using search criteria that identified the most highly cited papers of the decade. Our goal for this Review article is to provide an accessible way for readers to quickly appreciate some of the most exciting accomplishments in medical robotics over the past decade; for this reason, we have focused only on a small number of seminal papers in each thematic area. We hope that this article serves to foster an entrepreneurial spirit in researchers to reduce the widening gap between research and translation.
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