Source: Science Network / Zhang Wenjing

In the human body space of two or three cm square, the manipulator can be operated with fine embroidery. Today, surgical robots are turning many unimaginable surgical scenes into reality. Among them, Da Vinci surgical robot system (hereinafter referred to as "Da Vinci surgical robot") is more representative of the advanced level in this field.
Since the introduction of the first Da Vinci surgery robot in China in 2006, more than 40 thousand cases of robot surgery have been carried out in China, covering various operations such as Department of Urology, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery and obstetrics and gynecology. In February 26th, China's first Da Vinci surgical robot training base was opened in Shanghai, providing international training services for doctors both at home and abroad. In the future, Da Vinci surgery robot will be more widely used.
What is the magic thing about an operating robot? Why did Da Vinci's robot come out on top for years?
Brighter eyes, and more flexible hands"
As early as last year, a video was on fire all over the internet. The video is shown in a tiny glass bottle, and a grape is stitched in a robotic skin. The robot is the Da Vinci operating robot. Grape skins are less than 2.5 centimeters long and less than 1 millimeters thick and very fragile. After the last shot of Da Vinci's robotic surgery, the grape is basically in perfect shape. The whole operation process is fast and accurate, so many people clap their hands on the Da Vinci operation robot. But in fact, for the medical profession, it is nothing new.
The surgical robot represented by Da Vinci system is one of the medical robots.
"Medical robots are a very big concept. According to international standards, robots can be called medical robots, as long as they are potentially capable of being used in the medical field for robots or robotic equipment.". "Harbin Institute of Technology robot research institute deputy director Du Zhijiang said that the medical robot can be divided into surgical robot, rehabilitation robot, medical service robot (i.e. service robot for medical and robotic medical equipment).
In Du Zhijiang's view, the role of medical robot can not only help doctors, doctors, and constantly improve the level of intelligence, and is a safe and effective medical, otherwise it is impossible to clinical, and have flexible clinical applicability and good interaction, in order to achieve a harmonious coexistence between doctors, patients, machine.

In the human body space of two or three cm square, the manipulator can be operated with fine embroidery. Today, surgical robots are turning many unimaginable surgical scenes into reality. Among them, Da Vinci surgical robot system (hereinafter referred to as "Da Vinci surgical robot") is more representative of the advanced level in this field.
Since the introduction of the first Da Vinci surgery robot in China in 2006, more than 40 thousand cases of robot surgery have been carried out in China, covering various operations such as Department of Urology, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery and obstetrics and gynecology. In February 26th, China's first Da Vinci surgical robot training base was opened in Shanghai, providing international training services for doctors both at home and abroad. In the future, Da Vinci surgery robot will be more widely used.
What is the magic thing about an operating robot? Why did Da Vinci's robot come out on top for years?
Brighter eyes, and more flexible hands"
As early as last year, a video was on fire all over the internet. The video is shown in a tiny glass bottle, and a grape is stitched in a robotic skin. The robot is the Da Vinci operating robot. Grape skins are less than 2.5 centimeters long and less than 1 millimeters thick and very fragile. After the last shot of Da Vinci's robotic surgery, the grape is basically in perfect shape. The whole operation process is fast and accurate, so many people clap their hands on the Da Vinci operation robot. But in fact, for the medical profession, it is nothing new.
The surgical robot represented by Da Vinci system is one of the medical robots.
"Medical robots are a very big concept. According to international standards, robots can be called medical robots, as long as they are potentially capable of being used in the medical field for robots or robotic equipment.". "Harbin Institute of Technology robot research institute deputy director Du Zhijiang said that the medical robot can be divided into surgical robot, rehabilitation robot, medical service robot (i.e. service robot for medical and robotic medical equipment).
In Du Zhijiang's view, the role of medical robot can not only help doctors, doctors, and constantly improve the level of intelligence, and is a safe and effective medical, otherwise it is impossible to clinical, and have flexible clinical applicability and good interaction, in order to achieve a harmonious coexistence between doctors, patients, machine.

In addition, Harbin Institute of Technology, Department of orthopedics, interventional surgery in laparoscopic and other areas of research, China Research Academy of Sciences Institute of automation, etc. in the Department of orthopedics of vascular intervention, and other areas of research, Tianjin University to carry out research in laparoscopic and microsurgical fields, Beijing Institute of Technology to carry out the research on soft tissue puncture, cranial and maxillofacial surgery field, Fudan University and Zhejiang University are the medical robot research, and achieved results.
Du Zhijiang believes that to do surgical robot research and development, we must first focus on combining medical and technical work. The doctor put the operating process, the demand for the use of surgical robot and medical applications taboo to speak clearly, can put some subjective content as boundless as the sea and sky. Engineers and technicians need to listen, understand, determine the design input, plan implementation, and then use engineering language to express it, and then communicate with the doctor after the prototype. Doctors and engineering personnel must interact, and this interaction may be long-term. "
In Du Zhijiang's view, the current medical robot development has a good prospect. At present, medical robot global market is sustained rapid growth, China has gradually introduced a number of strategic planning and policy support to promote the healthy and rapid development of the robotics industry, including "2025" China manufacturing "robot industry development plan (2016-2020)", which is an important part of medical robot. As a kind of robot, surgical robot has unlimited innovation space in the aspects of mechanism, sensor, control, interaction, Internet and so on. "Du Zhijiang said.
At the same time, the development of surgical robot is also faced with challenges from technology, talent, capital, market, policy and so on. "Surgical robot" is a highly technical intensive robot system, the technical threshold is high, the need for robots, medical equipment, medical and other aspects of talent, especially cross-border complex type of talent. The research and development cycle of the surgical robot is longer, generally 6~10 years, the investment is big, the risk is great, and it needs continuous investment. "Du Zhijiang said," to make outstanding progress in the research field of surgical robot, it is necessary to establish 'political - production - Learning - Research - the long-term mechanism of medicine' combined, the formation of government guidance, capital support, enterprises, R & D team efforts to clear the air, doctors dare to try the situation, development, registration, open chain production and sales. This requires concerted efforts.