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Robotics

Two surgical robot arms hold and tie suture material in a simulated surgical setting
Machine learning
Robot performs with skill of human doctor
Published Nov 11, 2024
Breakthrough training system utilizing imitation learning opens 'new frontier' in medical robotics
AI conceptual image
Artificial intelligence
Surgeons still key even as AI procedures advance
Published Nov 7, 2024
Johns Hopkins briefing explores the evolving role of robotics and artificial intelligence in surgery
Lidia Al-Zogbi
Artificial intelligence
Robot tackles trauma's silent killer
Published April 16, 2024
Autonomous system devised by a Johns Hopkins doctoral student IDs and treats internal bleeding to prevent pre-hospital deaths when minutes matter
The robotic surgeon created by Hopkins researchers
Mechanical engineering
Robotic surgeon precisely removes cancerous tumors
Published March 18, 2024
A team of Johns Hopkins researchers designed a device that can successfully remove tumors from the tongue with accuracy rivaling human surgeons
The robodrop tests places dots of antibiotics on a dish.
Robotics
Meet RoboDrop, the superbug slayer
Published Feb 23, 2024
Hopkins researchers develop robotic platform capable of rapidly screening multiple combinations of antibiotics simultaneously to find the most potent mixtures
The university seal in stained glass form
Innovative care
Hopkins AITC announces additional awardees of second funding round
Published Jan 5, 2024
Grant recipients will receive funding to develop new artificial intelligence technologies to promote healthy aging
A person tests out the da Vinci Research Kit
Robotics
Could an electric nudge help a doctor use a surgical robot?
Published Dec 20, 2023
Gentle electric currents help people learn to maneuver a robotic surgery tool in virtual reality and real settings
An electric knife fish shown with a black background
Science+Technology
We all shimmy like these electric fish
Published Oct 26, 2023
Johns Hopkins scientists are the first to demonstrate that a wide range of organisms, even microbes, perform the same pattern of movements in order to sense their surroundings
Benjamin Killeen, a PhD student at Johns Hopkins, works with AI-generated data
Artificial intelligence
AI data better than the real thing
Published March 20, 2023
Hopkins researchers find that algorithms trained on manufactured data can be even better than the real thing for important surgical tasks
Photo of autonomous robot performing a surgery in a dark room
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help
Published Jan 26, 2022
In four experiments on pig tissues, the robot excelled at suturing two ends of intestine—one of the most intricate and delicate tasks in abdominal surgery