The next generation of surgical robotics is poised to disrupt healthcare systems worldwide,
requiring new frameworks for evaluation. However, evaluation during a surgical robot's …

Robot-assisted and computer-integrated surgery provides innovative, minimally invasive
solutions to heal complex injuries and diseases. The dominant portion of these surgical …

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world and impacted multiple layers of our
society. All frontline workers and in particular those in direct contact with patients have been …

Abstract Polymer or Plastic Optical Fiber sensors (POFs) and Fiber Bragg Grating sensors
(FBGs) have gained increasing popularity in biomedical engineering (BME) applications …

Continuum robots provide inherent structural compliance with high dexterity to access the
surgical target sites along tortuous anatomical paths under constrained environments and …

Medical robotics is poised to transform all aspects of medicine—from surgical intervention to
targeted therapy, rehabilitation, and hospital automation. A key area is the development of …

The COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in the manufacturing and service sectors being badly
hit globally. Since there are no vaccines or any proven medical treatment available, there is …

The evolution of medical technologies—such as surgical devices and imaging techniques—
has transformed all aspects of surgery. A key area of development is robot-assisted …

Microsurgical techniques have been widely utilized in various surgical specialties, such as
ophthalmology, neurosurgery, and otolaryngology, which require intricate and precise …

Commercial surgical robots have been in clinical use since the mid-1990s, supporting
surgeons in various tasks. In the past decades, many systems emerged as research …