<ul><li>A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors.</li><li>The successful use of imitation learning to train surgical robots eliminates the need to program robots with each individual move required during a medical procedure and brings the field of robotic surgery closer to true autonomy.</li><li>The team used imitation learning to train Intuitive’s da Vinci Surgical System robot to perform three fundamental tasks required in surgical procedures: manipulating a needle, lifting body tissue, and suturing.</li><li>The model could be used to quickly train surgical robots to perform any type of surgical procedure.</li></ul>

Researchers use imitation learning to train surgical robots

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