Surgical robotics: the early chronicles: a personal historical perspective.
The use of robotics has been emerging for approximately 75 years, but only during the past 5 years has the potential of robotics been recognized by the surgical community as a whole. This personal perspective chronicles the development of robotics for the general surgical community, the role of the military medical research effort, and many of the major programs that contributed to the current success of robotics.
Satava
Richard M
RM
Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. richard.satava@yale.edu
D004867:Equipment Design; D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000266:history*