Which laparoscope positioner is the most efficient? Simple question but still no accurate answer, nearly twenty years after the introduction of AESOP, the first robot that could hold and move the endoscope and camera used in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. Metrics and methodologies to measure the performance of industrial robots are defined by international standards (e.g. ISO 8373, ISO 9283). Unfortunately, no such regulation is established yet for surgical robots
