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Innovations in robotics will scale its usage in the medical field and ensure effective and better care for patients.
FREMONT, CA: The field of robotics is undergoing a significant change. New discoveries are rolled out every day that is slowly pushing the world towards a future where life without robots will become nearly impossible. Today, even in medical sciences, robotics has started making significant contributions. Seeing autonomous robots working as a human employee of the hospital and performing duties like scanning for vital signs, checking the pulse, reading medical history, or even performing surgery, is now not just a dream. Robots controlled by doctors have become common in the medical field. Here is how robotics helps the medical field.
Today, social robots have become a standard tool. These robots are being leveraged for helping people in need of a therapist. It is termed prolotherapy. These robots aid children and adults alike with their physical, social, and cognitive issues. They also make up for the lack of trained workers and stay with the patients round the clock. This works great for people who have dementia. Studies have illustrated that for people who don't have the assistance they need, social robots can aid improve the quality of their life. They offer a feeling of safety and anonymity and have the skills of a real human assistant. They can help deal with their trauma.
Computer-powered surgery has become more comm. In this, robots are used to enhance the precision and quality of the procedure in a standardized method. When it comes to orthopedic surgery, robots are leveraged to perform the tasks that exceed the manual abilities of a surgeon, like preparing the bony surfaces with high-level precision. They are potent in making contact with the bone or the prosthesis interface, offering improved stability. The use of robots in surgery was seen in hip replacement, where they were harnesses for femoral preparation. In recent years, they found their use in knee arthroplasty too. When it comes to hip or knee replacement surgery, robot-powered orthopedic surgery has become quite famous.