Medical robot

Short description: Robots used for medical purposes

A laparoscopic robotic surgery machine. Patient-side cart of the da Vinci surgical system.

A medical robot is a robot used in the medical sciences. They include surgical robots. These are in most telemanipulators, which use the surgeon's activators on one side to control the "effector" on the other side.[1][2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Types
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Types

A disinfection robot in Heathrow Airport

* Surgical robots: These robots either allow surgical operations to be carried out with better precision than an unaided human surgeon or allow remote surgery where a human surgeon is not physically present with the patient.
* Rehabilitation robots: facilitate and support the lives of infirm, elderly people, or those with dysfunction of body parts affecting movement. These robots are also used for rehabilitation and related procedures, such as training and therapy.
* Biorobots: a group of robots designed to imitate the cognition of humans and animals.
* Telepresence robots: allow off-site medical professionals to move, look around, communicate, and participate from remote locations.[4]
* Pharmacy automation: robotic systems to dispense oral solids in a retail pharmacy setting or preparing sterile IV admixtures in a hospital pharmacy setting.
* Companion robot: has the capability to engage emotionally with users keeping them company and alerting if there is a problem with their health.
* Disinfection robot: has the capability to disinfect a whole room in mere minutes, generally using pulsed ultraviolet light.[5][6] They are being used to fight Ebola virus disease.[7]
* Hospital robots - With a pre-programmed layout of their environment and built-in sensors, hospital robots deliver medications, meals and specimens around hospitals.
* Robotic prosthetics \- Focuses on providing their wearers with life-like limb functionality.
* Laboratory robots - Types of robots found in labs are specially designed to either automate processes or assist lab technicians in completing repetitive tasks.

## See also

* Biothreat
* Robots in healthcare
* Hospi
* Open-source robotics
* Robot & Frank

## References

1. ↑ "Technology & Clinical Applications: Report". http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_96/journal/vol4/ao2/report.html.
2. ↑ Beasley, Ryan A. (12 August 2012). "Medical Robots: Current Systems and Research Directions". Journal of Robotics 2012: 1–14. doi:10.1155/2012/401613.
3. ↑ Schweikard, Achim; Ernst, Floris (October 2015). Medical Robotics. Springer Science+Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22891-4. ISBN 978-3-319-22890-7.
4. ↑ Corley, Anne-Marie (September 2009). "The Reality of Robot Surrogates". spectrum.ieee.com. https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/the-reality-of-robot-surrogates/0.
5. ↑ "Pulsed (UV) Light". Top Wiki. http://en.topwiki.nl/index.php?title=Pulsed_(UV)_Light&oldid=200.
6. ↑ "Tech on Seeker". Seeker. http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics.
7. ↑ Bayot, Asher (November 23, 2014). "U.S. Military Robots To Join Fight Against Ebola". Inquisitr. http://www.inquisitr.com/1629714/u-s-military-robots-to-join-fight-against-ebola/.

## External links

* Medical Robotics Text Book
* Medical Robots Conference
* Robotic IV Automation - RIVA
* Where Are the Elder Care Robots?
* Notable Chinese Firms Emerging in Medical Robots Sector (IEEE)
* Medical Robots- Towards Robotics

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Mobile robots and unmanned vehicles

Aerial|

* Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
* Aerobot
* Helicam
* List of unmanned aerial vehicle applications
* Unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV)
* Ornithopter

Ground|

| Walking|

* Humanoid
* Android
* Hexapod
* list

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Other|

* Unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)
* Automated guided vehicle (AGV)
* Self-driving car
* Automatic train operation (ATO)
* list

Underwater|

* Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)
* Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
* Intervention AUV (I-AUV)
* Remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV)
* Underwater glider

Surface|

* Unmanned surface vehicle (USV)

Space|

* Uncrewed spacecraft
* Robotic spacecraft
* list
* Robotic telescope
* Space probe
* Cargo spacecraft
* spaceflights to the ISS

Other|

* Domestic
* Military
* Rescue
* Medical
* Disability
* Agricultural
* BEAM robotics
* Microbotics
* Nanorobotics
* Robotics
* Robot locomotion
* Autonomous robot
* Autonomous logistics
* Radio-controlled model
* Remote control vehicle
* Remote control animal

* Categories
* Radio control
* Unmanned vehicles

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Robotics

Main articles|

* Outline
* Glossary
* Index
* History
* Geography
* Hall of Fame
* Ethics
* Laws
* Competitions
* AI competitions

Types|

* Anthropomorphic
* Humanoid
* Android
* Cyborg
* Claytronics
* Companion
* Animatronic
* Audio-Animatronics
* Industrial
* Articulated
* arm
* Domestic
* Educational
* Entertainment
* Juggling
* Military
* Medical
* Service
* Disability
* Agricultural
* Food service
* Retail
* BEAM robotics
* Soft robotics

Classifications|

* Biorobotics
* Unmanned vehicle
* aerial
* ground
* Mobile robot
* Microbotics
* Nanorobotics
* Robotic spacecraft
* Space probe
* Swarm
* Underwater
* remotely-operated

Locomotion|

* Tracks
* Walking
* Hexapod
* Climbing
* Electric unicycle
* Robot navigation

Research|

* Evolutionary
* Kits
* Simulator
* Suite
* Open-source
* Software
* Adaptable
* Developmental
* Paradigms
* Ubiquitous

Related|

* Technological unemployment
* Fictional robots

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