Abstract

AN OVERVIEW OF ROBOTS IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR

Shree Yasam* and Keerthna Adda

Abstract

A great deal of the technology invented by humans has been and will be motivated by the desire to go beyond our inherent abilities. Computers, for example, were created to automate mathematical operations at speeds far above those of even the most brilliant minds. The area of robotics has evolved as a result of our desire to go beyond what we were born to do. Originally designed in the early 1960s to automate processes in the manufacturing business, industrial robots are now utilized to aid and protect their human counterparts. Robots are currently used in industrial procedures that require extra strength and endurance, such as handling and palletizing, or precision, such as cutting and welding, or those in which people could be hurt, such as chemical spraying.[1] Now Robots are set to change medical practice. Medical robots had their start about 34 years ago when an industrial robot and computed tomography navigation were used to insert a probe into the brain to obtain a biopsy specimen.[1] The medical industry employs different types of robots to improve present standards of care while also assisting humans to perform things they weren't necessarily able to do previously, or to do things faster and with fewer errors.

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