Medical robot is a branch of robot for medical use and becoming more popular due to the development in technology within approximately 50 years. It has brought effect to the medical industries and in some way changing the modern medical area. In this paper, a brief introduction, and histories of different types of medical robots are provided. The characteristic of each type of robots is provided, and part of the evolution of different types of robots is included. It also introduces some clinical effects of different medical robots. The three types of medical robots introduced are surgical robots, rehabilitation robots and medical assistant robots. For the surgical robots, the most popular da Vinci surgical system was introduced with statistics of its clinical effects. The paper aims to provide a general information of different types of medical robots, and understanding its history, structure, manipulation process and benefits. By using the information, a trend and background of different types of robots in medical areas is shown.

Topics
Robotics, Industry
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