ARTICLE SUMMARY:
As the lines between medical technology and high-tech blur, interest in robotics has soared, and new companies are emerging seemingly every day. But that very blurring is also redefining what robotically-enabled surgery is all about. Having now arrived on the scene, where is robotics headed?
When is a robot not a robot? When it’s so much more. The robotic systems being developed and already on the market today bear little resemblance to the self-proclaimed robots of two decades ago—systems that often did little more than mill bone in orthopedics or serve as mechanical surgical assistants in general surgery.
