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Robots are critical to the medical field where extreme precision and delicacy is necessary, and the margin for error slim.Robots are now used to keep us healthy!
 * Robots In Medicine **

Because robots are able to perform major operations while only making small incisions, patients receive many benefits: lessened trauma, fewer infections, decreased healing time, and a faster discharge from the hospital. Robots are used to perform heart surgery without opening patients� chests. Robots are currently used to test medical students. Pregnant humanoid robots, for instance, prepare students for various birth complications. Robots are also affecting the way hospitals are run and medications distributed. They make sure hospital visits are shorter and the risk of infection minimized.
 * SURGERY**
 * EDUCATION**
 * ADMINISTRATION**

(Source UsedRobots.com) ** Robotic Surgery ** Heart operations, kidney transplants, and brain surgery: When it comes to complex surgical procedures, doctors are looking to [|robotics]. Robots are making operations less painful, invasive, and risky, while increasing accuracy. Canadian scientists have designed a robot that operates on the brain. Doctors will use the neuroArm and MRI technology to perform risky surgical procedures with dexterity and precision. The MRI provides a clear, 3-D image of the entire process. Doctors control the entire operation from another room, using handles to control every movement of the robotic arms and gauge pressure and texture. The da Vinci robot and new software from the UK are making major heart surgery easier and better. With only a few tiny cuts, a tiny camera, and miniature tools, doctors can operate with less risk to the patient and more accuracy. There is no longer any need for long incisions, making for less pain and faster recovery. Unlike human hands, robotic tools take [|up] little room, and work with great precision. The new software makes stopping or slowing the heart during the procedure unnecessary because the robotic arm is able to work in synch with the movement of the heart. The AESOP and Zeus [|R]. Surgical Systems are other robotic operating systems. They are voice-controlled. Carnegie Mellon University's Heart Lander is another revolutionary robotic tool. Not only can it inject drugs, heal hearts, and connect pacemakers, but it is also engineered to destroy damaged tissue. Lung surgeries and difficult procedures such as kidney transplants have been performed successfully with robot assistance. With shorter recovery times and noninvasive keyhole procedures, physicians hope surgeries will grow in popularity. With robot-assisted surgery, doctors can perform operations in rural communities or dangerous settings without having to be present. Whether the patient is located in a remote location or on a battlefield, surgeons can control the operation without traveling or endangering themselves. Not only will health care have a greater reach, but it can take place earlier.
 * THE ADVANTAGES OF ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY**
 * For the Patient:**
 * Less pain
 * Smaller incisions
 * Fewer, smaller scars
 * Shortened recovery period - days instead of weeks
 * Fewer infections, complications
 * For the Surgeon:**
 * Greater precision
 * Steady instruments
 * Less invasive procedures
 * BRAIN SURGERY: The neuroArm**
 * HEART SURGERY**
 * THE ROBOTIC LEECH**
 * OTHER SURGERIES**
 * LONG-DISTANCE SURGERIES:**

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