Robots in Medicine: Past, Present and Future

Robotsarewideacrossusedinseveralindustrialapplications.Robotapplicationsaremorefound inmedicalindustryinrecentdays.Ininitialdays,robotsweremostlyusedforsimplesurgeriesand medical applications suchas laparoscopic surgery andminimally invasive surgery in1980’s.At thattimeroboticsurgerieswereperformedwiththepresenceofsurgeonsinoperationtheatre.The presentday technologyhasbeensomuchadvancedwithmoreenhancedcapabilities toperform several complicated tasks such as remote surgery and micro robotic surgery. The current paper discussaboutthehistoryandevolutionofrobotsinmedicalindustryandtheirlatesttechnological advances,applicationsinvariousfieldsinmedicineandlimitationsofrobotsinmedicalindustry alongwithitsfuturescope. KEywoRdS CASPAR, Cyber Knife, General Laparoscopy, Intra Corporal Systems, MINERVA, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Prosthetic, Radiology, RoboCouch, Synergistic, Transurethral Resection, Unicndylar Knee

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