Software robots: cheaper, safer medical devices

In the past ten years, surgical robots have performed quite well in the operating room. It has helped doctors complete a series of complicated minimally invasive surgery such as hysterectomy and prostatectomy. This technology has a bright future in the medical field, but some key issues can only be solved by robot makers, especially those that are extremely risky and costly.

These problems are all because today's surgical robots are too hard. They rely on metal tools to manipulate human soft tissue and are controlled by a complex, sophisticated system containing brakes, wiring, and displays. Maybe we need a more flexible approach.

A software robot developed by Harvard University's Whiteside research team can achieve illuminating effects by injecting chemicals into the color layer.

The soft machine company in Boston began to solve this problem. Founded earlier this year, the company commercialized Harvard's Whiteside research team to specialize in rubber robots used in biochemical applications such as surgery. "Scientific American" board consultant, Harvard University's famous chemist and materials scientist Professor George Whitesitz is the head of the group. The most famous robot developed by the group is the "viscous X quadruped beast". Made of flexible plastic, controlled by injecting compressed air into the internal network.

Hard robots require complex feedback mechanisms to determine the amount of force applied during surgery to avoid damaging our delicate tissues and organs. "The software robot can use the rubber part to reduce the possibility of surgical trauma. In addition, with some medical equipment , it can enter a small space, change its body shape, adapt to the structure of human organs," said Calvios, CEO of Soft Machines. This is called organizational compatibility." It also has an advantage: in recent days, software robots can be made in Silicon Valley using 3D printing technology, costing about $20.

The most famous surgical robot system is the “Da Vinci Surgical System” of Intuition Surgery, which has shown us the bright future of traditional robots. In 2000, the Da Vinci system cost $2 million to obtain approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. The surgeon can use it to operate a laparoscopic instrument, an endoscopic camera with four robotic arms. Intuition Surgery says there are already 1.5 million Da Vinci surgical systems working in important medical institutions around the world. Last year in the United States, about 2,000 new systems were added and 367,000 operations were performed. Many operations are obstetrics and gynecology, urology, especially hysterectomy and prostatectomy.

However, the report said that using the Da Vinci operating system would increase the cost of surgery by $2,500. In addition, intuition surgery companies have been sued for many medical problems, including sepsis, severe intestinal damage, and rupture of blood vessels, organs, and arteries.

One day, software robots can handle complex operations like the Finch system. Vios said that the soft machine was originally part of the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's plan to study the software robotics, which left the military in June last year. In June this year, the project bureau wanted to see if software robots could solve some of the challenges faced by field medical care.

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