Check out the nine amazing medical robots in the medical field

    With the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution, robots officially rose to prominence, and now they have become indispensable to the automotive industry. However, apart from robots in the automotive industry, no other robots have been used on a large scale so far.

　　After ten years of efforts, medical robots have been widely used in neurosurgery, heart repair, gallbladder removal, artificial joint replacement, plastic surgery, urology, etc., while improving the surgical effect and accuracy, and constantly innovating surgery. And expanding to other fields.

　　Although surgical robots have developed to a relatively advanced level, it is still unknown when internal medicine robots will be widely used. This road may be very long. Since robots far exceed surgeons in accuracy, reliability and precision of surgery, the future prospects of medical robots are very promising.

　　Let's take a look at these nine medical robots in the world:

　　1. Crawling Camera Capsule

　　According to the design, this robot can carry a camera and crawl into the patient's digestive tract through elastic "legs" to replace the traditional endoscope for inspection. It can be used to check the damage or ulcer inside the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. It was developed by the CRIM laboratory of the Sant'Anna University School in Italy.

　　2. Swimming Camera Capsule

　　The camera capsule, which is powered by a tiny propeller and is also designed to examine the human digestive system, is swallowed by the patient and then "swims" around to examine areas of concern.

    3. Remote diagnosis

　　As shown in the picture, the doctor is asking the nurse about the patient's condition through the RP-7 medical robot. The robot is connected to a stethoscope, otoscope and ultrasound scanner, and has a camera and a screen so that the patient and the doctor can see each other, allowing the doctor to diagnose and treat as if he were on the scene as much as possible.

　　4. Muscle Robot

　　The RI-MAN robot is a medical porter model developed by the RIKEN Bio-mimicry Control Research Center in Nagoya, Japan. It not only has a soft and safe appearance, but also has tactile receptors on its arms and body, which enable it to carefully pick up or move patients. In the long run, the RI-MAN robot can replace caregivers to take care of the elderly or the infirm.

    5. Photography Robot

　　In minimally invasive surgery, or “keyhole surgery,” FreeHand, a camera robot, allows surgeons to control a laparoscopic camera using their head and feet, meaning they can free their hands to perform the surgery.

　　6. Prostate diagnosis and treatment robot

　　The Probot robot is designed to allow surgeons to precisely remove an enlarged prostate with minimal pain to the patient. The surgeon simply specifies the portion of the prostate to be removed, and the robot automatically removes it without further intervention.

    7. Swallowable Robot

　　The ARES robot (for "Reconfigurable Reassembly Endoluminal Surgical System") can be swallowed piece by piece or inserted by a doctor through a natural opening, and then it will assemble itself inside the body. This allows surgeons to operate on patients with fewer or no incisions. The patient swallows 15 different robotic components, which enter the damaged part of the body. Once in place, the robotic components will assemble into a larger tool that can perform surgery.

　　8. Colon diagnosis and treatment robot

　　The Endotics colon robot uses forceps and expanders to pull itself through the intestines, rather than being pushed into the patient by a doctor like a conventional colonoscope. The Endotics robot exerts less pressure on the intestinal wall, reducing patient discomfort. The robot's movement is inspired by the inchworm caterpillar.

　　9. Blood collection robot

　　As the name suggests, the Bloodbot is used to collect blood samples and was developed by researchers Alex Zivanovic and Brian Davies from Imperial College London. On December 23, 2009, the Hunterian Museum in London will publicly exhibit Bloodbot and other robots.