Salih Ertug Ovur from POLIMI presented a paper related to the soft tissue tracking software of SMARTsurg along with SMARTsurg functionality in the poster session of the first I-RIM (Italian Robotics and Intelligent Machines) Conference at Rome (18-20 October).

From 18 to 20 October 2019 held the Maker Faire Rome 2019 exhibition where technology enthusiasts, digital artisans, schools, universities, educators, research centers, artists, students, businesses and an audience of onlookers met of all ages ready to jump into the future.

On Saturday, November 23rd, Politecnico di Milano held an open Robotic Day. The event that every year attracts the attention of adults and kids on new developments in robotics and its fields of application. SMARTsurg framework presented to adults and kids by robotics researchers of Politecnico di Milano. Dissemination held in new Leonardo Robotics Labs.

With special Session 110, held on 27 September 2019 afternoon at MEDICON conference 2019 Coimbra, Portugal, the consortium of SMARTsurg H2020 EU project, presented the advancement so far to the biomedical engineering community.

Smart robotic assistant for minimally invasive surgery: the SMARTsurg project experience - Special Session @ MEDICON 2019

The main vision of the SMARTsurg project is to enable complex minimally invasive surgical operations by developing a novel robotic platform for assisting the surgeon in such tasks, to reduce the surgeon’s cognitive load related to the system’s operation, to shorten training time and deliver accuracy, safety, reduce procedure time and expanded applicability. The chosen application scenarios are:

• Orthopedic surgery
• Urology
• Cardiac surgery