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Here is a new player on the surgical robot market. Sony developed its own microsurgery assistance robot that is capable of automatic surgical instrument exchange and precision control. "The system tracks the movements of a surgeon’s hands and fingers using a highly sensitive control device. The movements are then replicated on a small surgical instrument that operates similarly to the movement of the human wrist. According to the company, the system addresses practical challenges in conventional

While it's much harder to develop a nurse robot than a radiology AI, due to recent advances in robotics, we can still expect to see such robots in action soon. Here is one example. Halodi Robotics, a Norwegian engineering and robotics company, that is now called 1X released this video about their robot that helps an elderly patient settle in a hospital room. It's interesting to see how other companies working on only the concept of humanoid robots get so much attention while such medical/healthc