Surgical Robots by joshua dempsey https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle By Joshua Dempesy and Jayden Cedeno en-us 2019-01-09 20:04:34 UTC 2023-02-19 02:44:39 UTC hello@padlet.com What do medical robots do? joshua_dempsey https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/318996860 Medical robots are important in the medical community. They can help out in the hospital, provide emotional support, and even perform surgeries. There are 7 different types of medical robots. 


]]> 2019-01-09 20:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/318996860 Types of medical robots jayden_cedeno https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/318998711 • Surgical robots
They help to perform surgery that humans cannot perform, as they need to be still and precise. These types of robots are what we will be focusing on.
•Rehabilitation robots
These help in the support of elderly people, and people with mental disabilities. They do this by physical therapy. 
• Biorobots 
Biorobots help in the imitation of humans and animals for research purposes.
•Telepresence robots allow medical professionals to perform work at the location of the robot (hospitals, etc), even though they might not be there.
• Pharmacy Automation robots
These robots dispense medicine for pharmaceutical uses.
•Companion robots
Companion robots provide emotional support for mentally unstable people.
•Disenfection robots
These robots can disenfect a whole room in minutes, using UV light.

*The end effectors of most of these robots are multi-functional, such as the surgical robots.]]> 2019-01-09 20:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/318998711 How are they taught? jayden_cedeno https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319450697 Most medical robots are controlled and programmed on a computer. They are controlled by a screen, or a controller.]]> 2019-01-10 19:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319450697 What sensors are used? jayden_cedeno https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319453021 In the example of the surgical robots, there would be force sensors, to know how much pressure to apply to a tissue or organ.]]> 2019-01-10 20:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319453021 The advantages of medical robots joshua_dempsey https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319455438 The biggest advantage of medical robots is simply the fact that they are more  accurate. Thousands of people die every year from doctor errors during surgery. This is usually due to the surgery space being too crowded as multiple things need to be done at once, requiring more than one person. Robots, on the other hand are precise with their movements, because they do not shake like human hands. This means that surgery done by robots will be more successful. ]]> 2019-01-10 20:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319455438 The disadvantages of medical robots jayden_cedeno https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319456035 One of the biggest disadvantages of medical robots, is that patients can suffer nerve damage form being in an abnormal position for a long time. This can cause paralyzation, and cause more problems than you had before the surgery. Some other problems this causes, is that there are more risks of damage from striking adjacent organs, and burn from the electric current.]]> 2019-01-10 20:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319456035 How does this robot leave an impact on the medical field? jayden_cedeno https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319461209 Robots in this field can do surgeries while the doctors perform other tasks. Medical robots also can make surgeries less costly for patients. They are more precise, and can do the surgery without much shaking or movement.]]> 2019-01-10 20:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319461209 How might medical robots improve in the future? joshua_dempsey https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319465235 Well, as people use medical robots more and more. improvements are definitely on the way. These improvements can be anything from robots being able to multi-task, to being able to perform surgery faster and more accurately.  ]]> 2019-01-10 20:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319465235 jayden_cedeno https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319649169 2019-01-11 13:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319649169 The daVinci surgical robot, and how it works jayden_cedeno https://padlet.com/joshua_dempsey/83pd98cptnle/wish/319655648

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