ReviewFrontiers in robotics and AI2025
Role of haptic feedback technologies and novel engineering developments for surgical training and robot-assisted surgery.
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- A Systematic Review on Haptic Feedback in Medical Robotics: Technologies, Applications, Clinical Translation, and an Information-Oriented Perspective.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- A Review of Robotic Surgery: Engineering Considerations and Future Directions From Surgeons' Perspectives.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026Review
- Physics-Informed Generative Framework to Unsupervised Biomechanical Parameter Estimation for Tool-Tissue Force Prediction from Laparoscopic Depth Maps.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Haptic and Palpation Sensing for Robotic Surgery: Engineering Perspectives on Design and Integration.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Application of 5G technology in remote robotic surgery: a comprehensive assessment of system architecture, clinical benefits, and future challenges.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Telesurgery across continents: a scoping review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Haptic feedback, or tactile perception, is presented by many authors as a technology that can greatly impact biomedical fields, such as minimally invasive surgeries. Laparoscopic interventions are considered the gold standard for many surgical interventions, providing recognized benefits, such as reduced recovery time and mortality rate. In addition to this, the advances in robotic engineering in the last few years have contributed to the increase in the number of robotic and tele-operated interventions, providing surgeons with fewer hand tremors and increased depth perception during surgery. However, currently, both techniques are totally or partially devoid of haptic feedback. This added to the fact that the skill acquisition process to be able to use these technologies shows a pronounced learning curve, has propelled biomedical engineers to aim to develop safe and realistic training programs using simulators to address surgical apprentices' needs in safe environments for the patients. This review aims to present and summarize some of the latest engineering advances reported in the current literature related to the development of haptic feedback systems in surgical simulators and robotic surgical systems, as well as highlight the benefits that these technologies provide in medical settings for surgical training and preoperative rehearsal.
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