Medical & healthcare robotics: a roadmap for enhanced precision, safety, and efficacy
Journal article
Authors | Ozioko, O. |
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Abstract | Medical robotics holds transformative potential for healthcare. Robots excel in tasks requiring precision, including surgery and minimally invasive interventions, and they can enhance diagnostics through improved automated imaging techniques. Despite the application potentials, the adoption of robotics still faces obstacles, such as high costs, technological limitations, regulatory issues, and concerns about patient safety and data security. This roadmap, authored by an international team of experts, critically assesses the state of medical robotics, highlighting existing challenges and emphasizing the need for novel research contributions to improve patient care and clinical outcomes. It explores advancements in machine learning, highlighting the importance of trustworthiness and interpretability in robotics, the development of soft robotics for surgical and rehabilitation applications, and the role of image-guided robotic systems in diagnostics and therapy. Mini, micro, and nano robotics for surgical interventions, as well as rehabilitation and assistive robots, are also discussed. Furthermore, the roadmap addresses service robots in healthcare, covering navigation, logistics, and telemedicine. For each of the topics addressed, current challenges and future directions to improve patient care through medical robotics are suggested. |
Year | 2025 |
Journal | Measurement Science and Technology |
Publisher | IOP Publishing Ltd |
ISSN | 1361-6501 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ae09bf |
Web address (URL) | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6501/ae09bf |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 22 Sep 2025 |
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Accepted | 22 Sep 2025 |
Deposited | 03 Oct 2025 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/v0yz4/medical-healthcare-robotics-a-roadmap-for-enhanced-precision-safety-and-efficacy
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License: CC BY 4.0 | ||
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