LEARN // ADVANCES IN ROBOTIC SURGERY

Advances.

A dated, sourced timeline of how robotic surgery has changed since 2023: new systems and approvals, operating at a distance, early steps towards autonomy, the trials that test whether robots help patients, how surgeons are trained, and milestones from Saudi Arabia.

FIG. 01 // THE RECORD

Newest first.

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