Herein, recent advances, current limitations, and open challenges in the design, modeling,
and control of continuum robots are discussed. Thanks to their lean bodies, these robots …

A magnetic field has unique advantages in controlling soft robotics inside of an enclosed
space, such as surgical catheters or untethered drug‐delivering robots operating in the …

Optical and electromagnetic tracking systems represent the two main technologies
integrated into commercially-available surgical navigators for computer-assisted image …

Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology into human anatomy
present unique modeling, control, and sensing problems. This review provides a brief history …

Surgical robots have had clinical use since the mid‐1990s. Robot‐assisted surgeries offer
many benefits over the conventional approach including lower risk of infection and blood …

With the continuous development of digital medicine, minimally invasive precision and
safety have become the primary development trends in hepatobiliary surgery. Due to the …

The surgical paradigm of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been a key driver to the
adoption of robotic surgical assistance. Progress in the last three decades has led to a …

A magnetic-controlled flexible continuum robot (MFCR) is a kind of continuum robot with
small-size and flexibility that deforms under controlled magnetic fields, which makes MFCRs …

Distal gastrectomy (DG) with lymph node dissection for gastric cancer is routinely performed.
In this meta-analysis, we present an updated overview of the perioperative and oncological …

Due to their wide range of clinical application possibilities, magnetic actuation technologies
have grabbed the attention of researchers worldwide. The design, execution, and analysis of …