US EditionFirst Robot ‘Surgeon’ Performs Operation without Human Help
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, JUL 11 – The SRT-H robot performed 17 complex surgical tasks autonomously with 100% accuracy on a simulated patient, marking a major step toward AI-driven independent surgeries, researchers said.
- A team at Johns Hopkins University developed the Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy , which autonomously completed a complex gallbladder removal procedure with 100% accuracy by 2025.
- Building on earlier achievements, including the 2022 milestone by Dr. Axel Krieger’s Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot which completed the inaugural fully autonomous laparoscopic surgery on a live pig, this work advances surgical robotics from merely executing fixed tasks to achieving a deeper comprehension of surgical procedures.
- SRT-H mastered the gallbladder removal procedure by studying recordings of surgeons from Johns Hopkins performing the operation on pig cadavers, enabling it to execute 17 sequential tasks—including identifying ducts, placing clips, and cutting tissue—dynamically and accurately in real time.
- Lead researcher Ji Woong Kim called the work a 'major leap' that overcomes fundamental barriers to clinical autonomous surgery, while Krieger stated this is proof that complex procedures can be performed autonomously with high robustness.
- The team's success marks a milestone toward clinically viable autonomous surgical systems and suggests future expansion to a variety of surgeries, potentially increasing the use of robotic surgeons in operating rooms.
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