The use of a structure with a remote fixed point around which a mechanism can rotate is called remote centre of motion (RCM). The technique is widely used in minimally invasive surgery to avoid excess ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an ingestible robot capable of patching wounds, dislodging foreign objects, or even potentially carrying out microsurgery on ...

Precision is everything when it comes to microsurgery. A few microns—smaller than the width of a human hair—can mean the difference between success and failure. Traditional robotic tools have helped ...

Robotic micromanipulation is widely applied in biological research and medical procedures, providing a level of operational precision and stability beyond human capability. Compared with traditional ...

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Recently we had covered the Google Solve for X talk on DNA nanobot microsurgery by Ido Bachelet. Here is the 2013 Google Solve for X talk by Shawn Douglas who led the work on the 2012 paper that was ...