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Watch this robot as it learns to stitch up wounds. An AI-trained surgical robot that can make a few stitches on its own is a small step toward systems that can aid surgeons with such repetitive tasks.
The robot was able to sew six stitches all on its own—and has lessons for robotics as a whole.
Though we’re a long way from seeing these sorts of robots used in operating rooms to sew up wounds and organs on their own, the goal of automating part of the suturing process holds serious medical potential, says Danyal Fer, a physician and researcher on the project. Axel Krieger, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University who was not involved in the study, says the robot made impressive advancements, especially in its ability to find and grasp the needle and transfer it between arms. But the STAR system also benefited from unique tech, like infrared sensors placed in the tissue that helped tell the robot where to go, and a purpose-built suturing mechanism to throw the stitches.
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