The achievement, by an interdisciplinary team from Zhejiang University in eastern China, was outlined in a paper chosen for the cover story of the peer-reviewed journal Nature published on November 27.
The question of how to precisely control and send force through robotic arms in the crucial surgical steps of suturing and knot-tying has long perplexed researchers in the fields of medicine and robotics.
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China’s Guangdong Xiaopeng tries to dispel rumours that its robot is human
China’s Guangdong Xiaopeng tries to dispel rumours that its robot is human
The commonly used surgical knots are fixed so that once secured they are difficult to adjust. However, sutures that are too tight can restrict blood flow, while if they are loose, wounds can gape and leak.
