Department of Mechanical Engineering, Energy, Production, Transport and Mathematical Models (DIME), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.
Int J Med Robot. 2022 Aug;18(4):e2409. doi: 10.1002/rcs.2409. Epub 2022 May 4.
The scope of the work is to present the state of the art of robotically assisted surgical systems and to give a general idea about how technology can help today and tomorrow robotic surgery. The road to innovation passes through research and on field trials; for this reason, not only commercial surgery robots, but also innovative prototype robots, proposed by the Academic world, are presented.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Following a short introduction, robotically assisted surgery systems are introduced discussing their architectures and main peculiarities. A further section is dedicated to the key enabling technologies that will make possible to improve current systems and that will lead to a new generation of surgical robotic systems able to meet the patient's needs and facilitate the surgeon's task. Finally, brief concluding comments are given.
The idea of using robots for surgery was born many years ago and in a short time a market demand was created. Today the market is very dynamic, and several new products are updated and created for the execution of both traditional and new procedures. The article provides a guide for the reader who has an interest in this area.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This paper provides an insight into the commercial robotic surgical systems and a look on research prototypes from academic and industrial worlds.
本文旨在介绍机器人辅助手术系统的最新技术，并概述技术如何帮助当今和未来的机器人手术。创新之路需要通过研究和现场试验来实现；因此，本文不仅介绍了商业手术机器人，还介绍了学术界提出的创新原型机器人。
设计/方法/方法：在简短的介绍之后，本文将介绍机器人辅助手术系统，讨论它们的架构和主要特点。进一步的部分致力于关键的使能技术，这些技术将使当前系统得到改进，并将引领新一代的手术机器人系统的出现，以满足患者的需求并简化外科医生的任务。最后，给出了简短的结论性意见。
使用机器人进行手术的想法已经存在多年，并且在短时间内创造了市场需求。如今，市场非常活跃，为执行传统和新程序，已经更新和创建了许多新产品。本文为对此领域感兴趣的读者提供了指南。
原创性/价值：本文深入探讨了商业机器人手术系统，并介绍了学术界和工业界的研究原型。
