title: Introduction to special section on surgical robotics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. purang@ece.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Purang
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abolmaesumi
authors.forename: Gabor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fichtinger
authors.forename: Terry M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Guang-Zhong
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted