title: Innovation in robotic surgery: the Indian scenario.
abstract: Robotics is the science. In scientific words a "Robot" is an electromechanical arm device with a computer interface, a combination of electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering. It is a mechanical arm that performs tasks in Industries, space exploration, and science. One such idea was to make an automated arm - A robot - In laparoscopy to control the telescope-camera unit electromechanically and then with a computer interface using voice control. It took us 5 long years from 2004 to bring it to the level of obtaining a patent. That was the birth of the Swarup Robotic Arm (SWARM) which is the first and the only Indian contribution in the field of robotics in laparoscopy as a total voice controlled camera holding robotic arm developed without any support by industry or research institutes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Swarup Hospital, 154, Dudhali, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Suresh V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Deshpande
keywords: Camera holding robotic arm; laparoscopic; robotic arm