Topics to be addressed by the 2017 symposium include, but are not limited to:
- New instruments and novel mechatronic designs
- Intra-operative imaging and sensing
- Biophotonics for robotic surgery
- Bioinspired robotics
- Soft robotics
- Continuum robots (e.g. catheter, concentric tube robots)
- MR compatible robots
- Smart surgical instruments
- Microbot design and applications
- Learning and co-operative control
- Robotic surgical workflows and analytics
- Surgical vision and augmented reality
- Surgical simulation, training and skills assessment
- Wearable and assistive/rehabilitation robots
- Human robot interaction and ergonomics
- Clinical highlights and first in human studies
- Emerging, multi-specialty applications of robotic technology
- Economic and general consideration of robotic surgery
Click here to download the proceedings for 2016 The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics
