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AI brings autonomous procedures closer, but surgeons still key

A Johns Hopkins briefing explores the evolving role of robotics and artificial intelligence in surgery.

A student grasps a robotic arm's end effector as another student looks on.

Breaking the remote robotics skill barrier

A new JHU targeted training approach can make up for a lack of natural spatial ability in robot teleoperation tasks.

A doctor performs a lumbar puncture on a patient.

New wearable augmented reality device could improve accuracy of spinal tap procedures

Johns Hopkins researchers partnered with a local imaging device company to develop an efficient, real-time lumbar puncture guidance system.

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Anton Dahbura receives Johns Hopkins DELTA Award

He and his team will receive up to $75,000 to help innovate learning through technology.

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Chien-Ming Huang awarded Hopkins AITC funding

This round of grant recipients will receive funding to develop new artificial intelligence technologies to promote healthy aging.

Images of the (b) monopolar electrosurgical instrument; (c) vacuum grasping instrument; (d) dual-camera vision system, sample holder, grounding pad, smoke evacuation tube, linear motion stage; and (e) simulated clinical setting featuring a porcine tongue specimen stretched using retraction sutures. The close views during the (f) surface incision and (g) deep margin dissection for a pseudotumor on a porcine tongue tissue.

Robotic surgeon precisely removes cancerous tumors

The Autonomous System for Tumor Resection, designed by a team of Johns Hopkins researchers, can remove tumors from the tongue with accuracy rivaling—or even potentially exceeding—that of human surgeons.