Purpose With the advent of robot-assisted surgery, the role of data-driven approaches to
integrate statistics and machine learning is growing rapidly with prominent interests in …

Background Autonomous control of surgical robotic platforms may offer enhancements such
as higher precision, intelligent manoeuvres, tissue‐damage avoidance, etc. Autonomous …

Shared control is an increasingly popular approach to facilitate control and communication
between humans and intelligent machines. However, there is little consensus in guidelines …

Purpose Advances in technology and computing play an increasingly important role in the
evolution of modern surgical techniques and paradigms. This article reviews the current role …

The growth of medical robotics since the mid-1980s has been striking. From a few initial
efforts in stereotactic brain surgery, orthopaedics, endoscopic surgery, microsurgery, and …

Endovascular techniques have been embraced as a minimally-invasive treatment approach
within different disciplines of interventional radiology and cardiology. The current practice of …

Background Surgical skill assessment has predominantly been a subjective task. Recently,
technological advances such as robot‐assisted surgery have created great opportunities for …

Purpose Surgery is continuously subject to technological and medical innovations that are
transforming daily surgical routines. In order to gain a better understanding and description …

Training skillful and competent surgeons is critical to ensure high quality of care and to
minimize disparities in access to effective care. Traditional models to train surgeons are …

The fields of human activity analysis have recently begun to diversify. Many researchers
have taken much interest in develo** action recognition or action prediction methods. The …