Autonomous Robot Performs Gallbladder Surgery Without Human Intervention

Edited by: Татьяна Гуринович

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed an autonomous robot, the Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy (SRT-H), capable of performing a complex phase of gallbladder removal surgery without human assistance.

Trained using an AI framework called language-guided imitation learning, the robot analyzed videos of surgeons and executed the procedure with 100% accuracy on ex-vivo gallbladders, adapting to varying conditions.

The SRT-H's performance was comparable to expert human surgeons, demonstrating a significant step toward integrating autonomous robots into clinical settings and potentially revolutionizing surgical procedures.

Sources

  • Reuters

  • SRT-H: A Hierarchical Framework for Autonomous Surgery via Language Conditioned Imitation Learning

  • Autonomous gallbladder removal: Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help

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