SMARTsurg overall conceptual architecture work performed includes an ongoing analysis of the state-of-the-art on relevant research projects, their similarities to SMARTsurg and their conceptual architecture.

In the framework of the European Robotics Week the Politecnico di Milano opens the robotics labs to the public: press, researchers, students, industry and families, on Saturday, November 25, 2017  from 09:30 to 19:00.

The European Robotics Week offers every year one week of various robotics related activities across Europe for the general public, highlighting the growing importance of robotics in a wide variety of application areas.

Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) on 30-31 October 2017 participated at a Workshop to state a Roadmap to Autonomous Robotic Surgery organised by Altair Robotics Lab at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Verona.

Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) offers many advantages when compared to traditional MIS, including improved vision, precision and dexterity. While the popularity of RAMIS is steadily increasing, the potential for improving patient outcomes and penetrating into many procedures is not fully realised, largely because of serious limitations in the current instrumentation, control and feedback to the surgeon. Specifically, restricted access, lack of force feedback, and use of rigid tools in confined spaces filled with organs pose challenges to full adoption.

Bristol Robotics Laboratory at UWE is currently seeking to appoint a Research Associate/ Research Fellow, to join a dynamic team of researchers and work for SMARTsurg project.

In the frame of European Robotics Forum (ERF) 2017 (March 22-24, 2017) SMARTsurg partners co-organized and participated at three workshops.