Inside Precision Medicine July 18, 2025
Robots can be trained with artificial intelligence to autonomously assist during laparoscopic surgery, researchers report, with the system successfully tested in large animal model.
The study, described in Science Robotics, is the next step towards the development of automated surgical copilots that could assist doctors during operations.
Using an open-source, AI simulator, the surgical robots were trained to autonomously perform multi-step, procedures such as gauze picking and clipping blood vessels during laparoscopic, robot-assisted operations.
The learning-based solution was independent of the robotic platform and worked with both the da Vinci Research Kit and the Sentire Surgical System.
“Surgical robotics holds immense potential for advancement by building upon embodied AI,” maintained researcher Yonghau Long, a PhD student at The Chinese University...
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