The July issue of Science #Robotics is out! This month's special issue highlights autonomy and #AI in medical robots. The cover features a surgical robot that can complete steps of a gall bladder removal procedure autonomously when guided by a framework.

A new Science #Robotics Review discusses how #AI approaches could help train #autonomous #surgical robots like human surgeons and equip them with expert skills.

In a new Focus, @robinrmurphy discusses the novel, “Project Pope,” in which robots seek to elect an infallible robot pope which relies on a large database of knowledge to enable logic and reasoning. Learn more in Science #Robotics:

A new Review examines ways in which #ArtificialIntelligence could enable autonomous robotic #surgery for improved patient outcomes. @SRSchmidgall @krieger_axel. Learn more in Science #Robotics:

A new Focus examines how integrating robotics and #AI could improve access to #surgical care in low- and middle-income countries. Learn more in Science #Robotics:

Scientists have developed an open-source, #ArtificialIntelligence-based simulator that enables #surgical robots to train and transfer learned skills to real-world procedures in preclinical animal models. Learn more in Science #Robotics:

A new Science Robotics Focus highlights how robotic #telesurgery could make #healthcare more accessible and calls for innovative solutions to bridge the gap between advanced technology and underserved populations. @keepark @SalimAfshar.

A new Science #Robotics study describes a vision-based, #EmbodiedIntelligence paradigm that enables surgical robots to perform tasks such as blood vessel clipping and gauze picking #autonomously during surgeries in live pigs. @QiDou_ @CUHKofficial.

In a new Focus, Michael Yip suggests that equipping surgical robots with industrial multi-fingered manipulators and training them on industrial #AI models could speed up advances in #autonomous robotic surgery.

In a new Science #Robotics Review, scientists survey research advances in #AI that could improve how medical needle robots are deployed to sites of interest and enhance patient care with improved precision and safety.

A new Science #Robotics study describes SRT-H, a language-guided framework for surgical systems that enables step-level #autonomy in the clipping-and-cutting phase of gall bladder removal #surgeries in pig models.

A new Science #Robotics Focus examines how data and privacy limitations may prevent the use of foundation models and slow progress in #autonomous #surgical robotics. @arcucsd

A new Science #Robotics Review discusses how #AI can guide needle-based robotic procedures for applications involving biopsies, drug delivery, and tumor ablations to improve #medical outcomes.

Scientists have developed a framework that can guide a #surgical robot through multiple steps involved in gall bladder removal in pigs #autonomously. @krieger_axel @jwbkim. Learn more in Science #Robotics:

A new Science #Robotics study describes a low-cost, vision-based alternative to force #torque sensors that provides a soft gripper with feedback control for manipulating objects dexterously. @YifanZhu_

A new Science #Robotics study describes an open-source #modular #exoskeleton that can be configured to assist with indoor or outdoor walking and reduce fatigue during weightlifting.

A new Science #Robotics study describes magnetic and light-activated #microrobots that can generate free radicals and mechanically disrupt #biofilms to clear bacterial infections in animal models.

In a new Science #Robotics Focus, @robinrmurphy discusses the book, Death of the Author, and muses on the pushback that assistive robots may face from society.

Scientists have developed an affordable force estimation system that uses a webcam and #NeuralNetwork to enable fine manipulation of objects. Learn more in Science #Robotics:

Scientists have developed OpenExo, an #OpenSource #exoskeleton framework that could make wearable robotics more accessible and accelerate the development of new devices. @NAU. Learn more in Science #Robotics: