According to Professor Axel Krieger, the lead author of the study, the robot now only needs to transmit images from the camera and will predict itself what movements need to be made to perform the operation. This discovery has brought medicine closer to the era of autonomous robots that can perform complex operations without human intervention.
The team of scientists used the da Vinci robotic system, which is widely used in surgery. They trained the robot to perform three basic tasks: needle manipulation, tissue removal, and suturing. To do this, they used video recordings of the operations. Videos were recorded by surgeons around the world, creating a huge data archive for training the robot.
Robots trained by imitation can perform operations just like humans. Moreover, they can even adapt to unforeseen situations, such as picking up a dropped needle, without receiving special instructions.
Source: Ferra
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