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Editorial: Translational research in medical robotics—challenges and opportunities
In the last few decades, emerging medical technologies and the growing number of
commercial robotic platforms have supported diagnosis and treatment of both acute
and chronic diseases of the human body, improving the clinical outcome, reducing
trauma, shortening the patient recovery time, and increasing postoperative survival rates
(Troccaz et al., 2019). Medical robots–including surgical robots, rehabilitation and assistive
robots, and hospital automation robots–with improved safety, efficacy and reduced costs,
robotic platforms will soon approach a tipping point, moving beyond early adopters to
become part of the mainstream clinical practice, defining the future of smart hospitals and
home-based patient care. Surgical robots promise to enhance minimally invasive surgery
with precise instrument control, intuitive hand-eye coordination, and superior dexterity
within tight spaces (Dupont et al., 2021). Rehabilitation robotics facilitates robot-assisted
therapy and automated recovery training (Xue et al., 2021). Assistive robots aid individuals
with physical limitations, either enhancing or compensating for functions, promoting
independence, and lessening the burden on caregivers (Trainum et al., 2023). Additionally,
robotic systems can automate hospital operations, spanning service robots aiding clinicians
to robots in labs for high-throughput testing (Kwon et al., 2022). These technologies aim to
revolutionize healthcare, offering improved patient care and operational efficiency