Assistive robotic technologies: An overview of recent advances in medical applications

As healthcare evolves and supports its stakeholders, it constantly seeks ways to improve care delivery. The healthcare industry has recently incorporated various technologies into its delivery methods. It is likely that robotics, one of these technological advances, will soon become a standard fixture of healthcare organizations. Innovators around the world are developing more precise and efficient robotic healthcare systems. This chapter overviews the recent advancements in assistive robotic technologies in medical applications. Because it is important to understand how robots are used in healthcare and how patients and professionals view them. Also, addressing factors that could impact the current or future use of robots in medical applications is vital for their growth. This chapter's main objectives are to make some of the most exciting recent developments in the field of medical robotics easily understandable to readers and to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit in researchers to close the growing gap between research and translation.