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Surgical robotics constitutes a relatively recent research field, but in a few years has expanded enormously. This is due to the fact that advances in other robotics areas can be used to improve the working conditions in surgical procedures or in aspects very close to surgery and medical robotics in general. As medical robotics applications increase it is possible to appreciate the huge potential of using robots in this field. Technological progresses in subjects such as sensors, mechatronics, actuators, control strategies and computers have opened the door to robots for entering in the operating theatre. This chapter constitutes a short overview of the current state of robots in surgery, surveying different applications already in use and analyzing the perspectives that research and technology offer to progress in this field.
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Casals, A. (1998). Robots in surgery. In: de Almeida, A.T., Khatib, O. (eds) Autonomous Robotic Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 236. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030808
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