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The robots will help minimize trauma and damage to the patient by aiding surgeons in minimally invasive operations, giving operators greater accuracy.<\/section>\n
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Surgical robots using artificial intelligence technologies are being developed by Google as part of a deal between the tech giant and the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s life sciences division will work with Johnson & Johnson\u2019s medical device company Ethicon to create a robotics-assisted surgical platform to help doctors in the operating theater.<\/p>\n

The robots will aid surgeons in minimally invasive operations, giving operators greater control and accuracy than is possible by hand, minimizing trauma and damage to the patient. Some systems allow surgeons to control devices remotely inside the patient\u2019s body to minimize entry wounds and reduce blood loss and scarring.<\/p>\n

James Bond film<\/strong>
\nRobotic surgical systems such as the Da Vinci device developed by Imperial College in London have been used in general operations since the early 2000s, and even featured in a James Bond film in 2002.<\/p>\n

Google believes it can enhance the robotic tools using artificial intelligence technologies including machine vision and image analysis employed in other parts of the business, including Google\u2019s self-driving cars.<\/p>\n

The two firms will explore how advanced imaging and sensors could complement surgeons\u2019 abilities, for example by highlighting blood vessels, nerve cells, tumor margins or other important structures that could be hard to discern in tissue by eye or on a screen. Augmented reality systems will be used to overlay important information required during surgery that is typically displayed on multiple monitors stacked around the surgeon, such as pre-operative images, lab test results and details of previous surgeries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to exploring how smart software could help give surgeons the information they need at just the right time during an operation,\u201d said Andy Conrad, head of the life sciences team at Google.<\/p>\n

Google will be providing software and expertise for data analysis and vision but will not develop control mechanisms for the robots.<\/p>\n

The partnership will help Johnson & Johnson, the world\u2019s largest healthcare product manufacturer, compete in the growing field of robotic medical devices.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s life sciences team is also developing systems that can detect cancer and heart attacks using nano particles, and has worked on smart contact lenses that contain sensors capable of monitoring the signs of diabetes \u2013 technology that was licensed by the Swiss drug firm Novartis in July 2014 to develop into a practical medical application.<\/p>\n

Home helpers<\/strong>
\nA number of companies have also explored the idea of humanoid robots as future home helpers for elderly people.<\/p>\n

The latest experiment from Japan to help with its growing elderly population is bear-shaped. Robear is an experimental nursing-care robot developed by the Riken-SRK Collaboration Centro for Human-Interactive Robot Research and Sumitomo Riko Company.<\/p>\n

Unveiled in March, the robot is designed to lift patients out of beds and into wheelchairs, as well as helping those who need assistance to stand up. Robear weighs in at 140kg, and is the successor to heavier robots Riba and Riba-II.<\/p>\n

According to Riken, robots like Robear can play an important role in taking the strain off nurses and caregivers, who may be having to lift patients 40 or more times a day, risking lower-back pain in the process.<\/p>\n

Robear remains a research project for now, as Riken and its partners continue to improve the robot\u2019s technology, reduce its weight, and ensure that it will be safe \u2013 in this case, through legs that extend while lifting a patient, to ensure Robear does not topple over.<\/p>\n

M&G – 02.04.2015 – Bloomberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The robots will help minimize trauma and damage to the patient by aiding surgeons in minimally invasive operations, giving operators greater accuracy. Surgical robots using artificial intelligence technologies are being developed by Google as part of a deal between the…<\/span><\/p>\n

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