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Robotic Technologies (Past, Present and Future)

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Today’s surgeon has access to a growing quiver of robotic technology aimed at both increasingly specialized procedures and broad applications. The availability and array of options for robotic-assisted surgery has seen exponential growth in recent times. Systems incorporate tactile haptic feedback, stereoscopic visualization, high definition three-dimensional display, and multisensory inputs. Existing platforms are comprised of iterations bred from research and development efforts across millennia and seek to improve nearly every facet of the physician-patient interaction.

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Peters, B.S., Armijo, P.R., Oleynikov, D. (2019). Robotic Technologies (Past, Present and Future). In: LeBlanc, K. (eds) Robotic Assisted Hernia Repair. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23025-8_1

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