The Potential Use of Robotics in Medicine

The digital revolution has significantly improved medical procedures since the advent of robotics in medicine in the 1980s.

FREMONT, CA: Robots have changed how surgeries are done and given doctors more tools to use in other areas of health care. COVID-19 has helped this revolution by making hospitals and clinics use robots for a broader range of tasks to reduce the number of people who get sick from the virus. During the pandemic, AI has shown how important it is by analyzing data from scans of patients, finding treatment options for patients, and making hospital operations more efficient.

The benefits of robotics in medicine are clear—they make operations run more smoothly, give better care to patients, and make the workplace safer. As technology keeps getting better, robots will be able to do more and more tasks by themselves. Robots have medicinal uses, and Electronic Specifier has put together a list of the five most common ones.

Surgical-assistance robots: As motion control technologies have improved, surgical assistance robots have become more accurate, making it easier for surgeons to do complex micro-surgeries and surgeries with tiny incisions. AI is being used more and more in robotics which helps with surgery. In the future, robots with AI will use computer vision to find their way to specific body parts while avoiding nerves and muscles. There is even the possibility that surgical robots could do things independently, like stitching, so that surgeons could watch the process.

Robotics is also used to train surgeons. AI and virtual reality teach new surgeons how to do their jobs. Surgeons can use the virtual world to practice procedures and improve their work.

Modular robots: Modular robots improve other systems and can be set up to do many different things, like make therapeutic exoskeleton robots and prosthetic robotic limbs.

Therapeutic robots can help people with paralysis, brain injuries, or multiple sclerosis. With AI and depth cameras, they can watch patients do their exercises while they are doing them. They can measure precisely how much motion there is in different positions and keep track of progress.

Service robots: Service robots can help with logistics by sending reports on their own when a job is done. This takes some of the pressure off of healthcare workers.

Service robots can set up patient rooms, keep track of supplies, and restock medical supplies, so healthcare workers can focus on what the patients need.

Social robots: Social robots can have one-on-one conversations with people and keep an eye on them in long-term care settings. In general, social robots help reduce the workload of healthcare workers and make patients feel better emotionally.

Mobile robots: Mobile robots can do many different things, like clean rooms, move patients, or move machines. These robots get around by following a wire or a track that has already been set up.

Health robotics will continue to change as machine learning, data analytics, and computer vision improve. Eventually, robots can do tasks on their own, quickly, and correctly. There are no limits to what AI and robots can do for healthcare. Soon, telesurgery will be available, allowing surgeons to treat people without traveling. If COVID has shown anything, it's that technology can be used much faster than anyone thought, and this isn't going to stop in the health industry any time soon.