Milestones for autonomous in vivo microrobots in medical applications

Bo Sun; Georgina Wood; Shuhei Miyashita

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2020.10.040

Milestones for autonomous in vivo microrobots in medical applications

Surgery. 2021 Apr;169(4):755-758. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.10.040. Epub 2020 Dec 11.

Authors

Bo Sun¹, Georgina Wood², Shuhei Miyashita³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
² Department of Bioengineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Electronic address: shuhei.miyashita@sheffield.ac.uk.

PMID: 33309617
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.10.040

Abstract

In light of recent developments within both health care and robotics, the use of robots within the human body has become attainable. Here we discuss the milestones for the realization of autonomous microrobots in medical applications. The desired tasks were classified by identifying the difficulties and requirements faced by the robot. In addition, we classified the levels of autonomy seen in microrobots for these uses. The aim of this article is to provide readers with a good understanding of the current state and future possibilities in this field.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Automation* / instrumentation
Automation* / methods
Clinical Decision-Making
Disease Management
General Surgery / standards
Humans
Robotic Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
Robotic Surgical Procedures / methods
Robotics* / instrumentation
Robotics* / methods