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Five big topics for health robotics ahead of SRS - Society of Robotic Surgery
It's that time of year again where anyone who is anyone in the field of robotic siurgey and mores so... healthcare robotics will assemble in Miami to hear the latest and greatest on where robotics in healthcare is and is heading. So you have some homework to do !! And here are 5 topics I'm helping you get up to speed with for the upcoming event. These are five key topics that will be explored in great depth at this years SRS 2026 meeting in Miami. https://srobotics.org/annu
Steve Bell
Jul 85 min read


Are these five big problems for Intuitive?
Robotics expert Steve Bell asks if Intuitive actually has five major problems hitting them.
Steve Bell
Jun 3014 min read


Force Feedback: Intuitive da Vinci 5 vs Johnson & Johnson Ottava
Theorising from patents how Ottava may implement force feedback vs what Intuitive probably do
Steve Bell
Jun 518 min read


Remanufacturing Robotic Instruments: Will it impact Intuitive’s I&A business?
Steve Bell (surgical robotics expert) dives deep into the impact of remanufactured surgical instruments on Intuitive
Steve Bell
May 1922 min read


Ottava: Clinical data tear down
OTTAVA: Steve Bell (surgical robotics expert) breaks down the latest OTTAVA clinical data on Johnson & Johnson's soon to be released surgical robot
Steve Bell
May 718 min read


There is no such thing as a cheap robot
There are no cheap surgical robots - Expert Steve Bell explains why
Steve Bell
May 516 min read


Force Feedback Instruments - More Lives
Intuitive quietly increased the lives and changed the design of their force feedback instruments
Steve Bell
Apr 296 min read


Next generation instruments are coming to surgical robotics
Steve Bell (robotics expert) dives into how instruments will be the differentiator of the future
Steve Bell
Apr 2111 min read


OTTAVA video - you asked
Steve Bell created an Ottava concept video to show what it may look like
Steve Bell
Apr 191 min read
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