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1985 → today

Robots in Medicine

医疗机器人

Surgical systems, rehabilitation exoskeletons, and care robots extending the reach — and steadiness — of human hands.

From the curator

In medicine a robot is not a replacement but an instrument — one that can hold steadier, see closer, and reach where a human hand cannot. This gallery covers surgery, rehabilitation, and care.

Timeline
  1. 1985A PUMA 560 arm assists a brain biopsy — an early robotic surgery
  2. 1992ROBODOC assists in hip-replacement surgery
  3. 1994AESOP becomes the first surgical robot cleared in the US
  4. 2000The da Vinci Surgical System is cleared for general laparoscopy
  5. 2001Surgeons perform the first transatlantic tele-surgery
Columbia Hernia Center
Surgeryizer· CC-BY-SA
Official films

Curated via the YouTube Data API and embedded through the official player — no downloads, creators credited.

Artifacts and media for this gallery are sourced from the m591 asset vault — open-license images (with attribution) and officially-embedded video only.