Surgical Robots

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt researchers’ surgical robots could make radical prostatectomy safer, less invasive

    Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the… Read More

    Feb. 10, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Simaan honored as IEEE Fellow for robotics advancements

    Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the… Read More

    Dec. 2, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Webster named Richard A. Schroeder Chair in Mechanical Engineering

    Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the… Read More

    Feb. 28, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Getting robotic surgical tools from the lab to the operating room

    Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the… Read More

    May. 8, 2018

  • Vanderbilt University

    WSJ names Vanderbilt engineer’s surgical robot one of six technologies worth watching

    Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the… Read More

    Jul. 11, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    National Robotics Initiative grant will provide surgical robots with a new level of machine intelligence

    Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the… Read More

    Oct. 28, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nautilus: Team’s tiny robot called medical science ‘breakthrough’

    Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the… Read More

    Aug. 2, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Developing robots for the hospital emergency room

    Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the… Read More

    Dec. 8, 2010