How far are medical robots from mass adoption

"When surgery is long, doctors will inevitably have shaky hands. Surgical robots are able to filter out the shaking and avoid the threat to patients." Zhu Gang, a doctor at Beijing United Family Hospital, sits at his computer, replaying a surgery he completed with the da Vinci robot: two miniature robotic arms entered the patient's abdominal cavity through a small hole in the abdomen to remove a tumor.

Unlike fully automated industrial robots, da Vinci still requires a doctor to operate it. The patient lies on the operating table, Zhu Gang sat on the robot console, staring intently at the imaging system, a system that can clearly magnify the surgical site several times, the right and left hands respectively manipulate the two handles on the console, supplemented by the feet of the control pedals, commanding the robotic arm to complete the surgery.

Since its introduction in 1996, da Vinci has gone through several generations over the past 20 years, once becoming synonymous with medical robotics. Today, more types of robots are beginning to appear, assisting healthcare professionals in all aspects of healthcare to do their jobs better.

The current medical robot market is dominated by European and American companies. China's medical robots are still in the research and development or clinical trial stage, has not yet realized the scale of medical robot products, the penetration rate in medical institutions is also low, but is trying to catch up.