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Nothing is new in surgical robotics - The Early history of soft tissue robotics and how modern systems are just better working copies

Updated: Feb 13

For a little bit of fun... Nothing is new in surgical robotics - trust me. No matter how clever we all think we are in the current robotics companies - most of the cool ideas were thought of in the past. I often hear people saying "but have you seen this cool thing? This great new idea?" For some of us that have been in this space for nearly 30 years - we've seen a lot before.

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stephane.tourneur
Jan 27
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Dear Steve

Thanks for the informative post.

“controllers... untethered. Old idea. And a lot of\f the reasons this was abandoned in the 80's, the 90's and the recent 2010's have been well known.”


Can you perhaps elaborate on the reason you think untethered controllers were abandoned and if it is sonething surgeons want?


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stephane.tourneur
Jan 27
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Very interesting.

Point 1 needs to be and can be addressed. A much lighter and ergonomic handle is a requirement.

About point 2, relative position lost… I’m not convinced whether this is a real problem. Actually isn’t it akin to modifying the surgeon’s position relative to the patient? I’m an engineer. Surgeon’s feedback is needed here.


I feel that finding ways to accelerate surgeon’s feedbacks is the key. The combo VR + Untethered consoles have also assets like making the whole console light and carryable and hopefully cheaper. This if complemented by a good high end virtual procedure simulator may be an asset when considering surgeon’s training and product demonstration.

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