Posted on 8/16/2024
The benefits -- and challenges -- of robotics in medicine
We’re all familiar with factory automation, which is the use of machines, computers, and similar technologies to improve productivity in manufacturing. But can that same technology, like robotics, be used in healthcare?
It already has. Surgical robotics have been used since 1985 when a robotic arm performed a stereotactic brain biopsy. Since then, numerous medical robo...