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Robots in Medicine

                 A medical robot is a robot used in the medical sciences. They include surgical robots,
                 rehabilitation robots, etc.  Let us understand some of these robots.






                                                                      Surgical Robots
                                                                      These robots either allow surgical operations
                                                                      to be carried out with better precision than

                                                                      an unaided human surgeon or allow remote
                                                                      surgery where a human surgeon is not
                                                                      physically present with the patient.













                 Rehabilitation Robots
                 They are used for therapeutic purposes. They support
                 the elderly, people with dysfunction of body parts

                 affecting their movements and sick. These robots
                 are also used for training and healing.













                                                                  Disinfection Robot
                                                                  These kind of robots are very useful in situations
                                                                  where a certain area need to be decontaminated
                                                                  or sterilised. These robots are fitted with special

                                                                  kind of equipment that allows it to store and
                                                                  administer large quantities of disinfectant. It
                                                                  has the capability to disinfect a room in mere
                                                                  minutes.








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