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Review
. 2010 Sep;4(3):141-7.
doi: 10.1007/s11701-010-0202-2. Epub 2010 Jul 22.

History of robotic surgery

Satyam Kalan  1 , Sanket Chauhan  2 , Rafael F Coelho  3 , Marcelo A Orvieto  3 , Ignacio R Camacho  3 , Kenneth J Palmer  3 , Vipul R Patel  3
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Review

History of robotic surgery

Satyam Kalan et al. J Robot Surg. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

Robotic surgery is one of the most advanced forms of Minimally Invasive Surgery. Although the application of robotic technology to surgical robotics started some 20 years ago, the earliest work in robotics and automation can be traced back to 400 BC. Some of the early pioneers include Archytas of Arentum, Leonardo da Vinci, Gianello Toriano, and Pierre Jaquet-Droz, and we owe to these philosophers and scientists the fact that we can offer the benefit of minimal invasion in surgery. The purpose of this review is to give a brief description of the evolution of robotic surgery from its early history to present-day surgical robotics.

Keywords: AESOP; History of robotics; PROBOT; ROBODOC; Unimate; ZEUS.

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