The trend of achieving minimal invasiveness in surgeries and recent technological
advances in robotics have resulted in the emergence of flexible surgical robots. Such …

Worldwide, at the time this article was written, there are over 127 million cases of patients
with a confirmed link to COVID-19 and about 2.78 million deaths reported. With limited …

This article presents an overview of the current state of research and application of haptic
(primarily kinesthetic) feedback and force-based teleoperation in the context of surgical …

Direct and indirect physical contact of humans and objects become the main medium of
transmissible diseases such as COVID-19. Some strategies have been proposed to mitigate …

In recent years, robotic minimally invasive surgery has transformed many types of surgical
procedures and improved their outcomes. Implementing effective haptic feedback into a …

The advent of telemedicine with its remote surgical procedures has effectively transformed
the working of healthcare professionals. The evolution of telemedicine facilitates the remote …

Health care and well-being are concerned with the upkeep or maintenance of humans
through preventative medicine, diagnosis, therapies, regeneration, or prevention of disease …

Proper elimination of hand tremors in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery has become
a key concern due to its significant impacts on control precision and surgical success. In this …

Immersive robotic avatars have the potential to aid and replace humans in a variety of
applications such as telemedicine and search-and-rescue operations, reducing the need for …

During open surgery, a surgeon relies not only on the detailed view of the organ being
operated upon and on being able to feel the fine details of this organ but also heavily relies …