Medical robots

1. muscle twitches

2. nerve signals

3. Training

3.1. Student

3.1.1. Doctors

3.1.1.1. Pregnancy

3.1.1.2. Surgery

3.2. experience

3.2.1. Hands-on

3.2.2. No-risk

4. roles in medicine

4.1. receptionist

4.2. co-ordinator

4.3. surgeon

4.3.1. ARES

4.3.2. "Spider pill"

4.4. diagnostic

4.5. caring

4.5.1. RI-MAN

4.6. rehabilitation

4.7. portering

4.7.1. Aethon Tug bot

4.8. transport

5. Augmentation

5.1. replace / augment?

5.1.1. prosthetics

5.1.1.1. Prosthetic robot arm

5.1.1.2. animal prosthetic

5.1.1.3. iLimb

5.1.1.4. Dean Kamen's "Luke Arm"

5.1.2. internal / external?

5.2. interfaces

5.2.1. BCI

5.2.2. external interfaces

6. Treatment

6.1. surgery

6.1.1. orthotics

6.2. diagnosis

6.2.1. AI Diagnosing

6.2.1.1. fundamentals of robotic surgery

6.2.1.2. Online

6.3. drug delivery

6.4. targeted action inside body

7. Social Issues

7.1. acceptance by patients?

7.1.1. Used in advertising (Mercy Health Partners)

7.2. ethics

7.3. blame when problems occur?

8. why robots?

8.1. accuracy

8.1.1. Improving human precision

8.2. lower cost

8.3. new techniques

8.4. minimal invasive

8.4.1. HeartLander

8.5. telesurgery

8.5.1. military

8.5.1.1. quicker treatment

8.5.2. space

8.5.3. scientific missions

8.5.3.1. Arctic, etc