| We havent quite reached the Jetson age of personal | | | | surgery allows a surgeon to navigate to the area of |
| robots to do all of our work around the house. There | | | | operation with minimal cutting, ensuring both a less |
| are still quite a few developments in robotics, however, | | | | invasive procedure and a faster recuperation time. |
| that affect humans in our day to day lives, although | | | | Robotic surgery also allows for more precise |
| we might not recognize them as such. The robots in | | | | placement of tools within the surgical area, minimizing |
| real life are not generally manufactured to look like | | | | the risks of slippage or error. |
| people, but they nevertheless carry out many functions | | | | In home healthcare, the current focus is largely on |
| that would be dangerous or difficult for a human to do. | | | | human labor. The aging population of baby boomers |
| One area where the use of robotics has advanced | | | | has already put a strain on the home health care |
| considerably is that of healthcare. Robotics are now | | | | situation which is only going to increase in the next ten |
| used in many areas of healthcare, including surgery, | | | | to twenty years. Already, many home health care |
| home care, and hospital processes. | | | | providers are feeling the strain of an industry that is |
| In surgery, the advancement of robotics has made the | | | | increasingly becoming an employees market, where |
| surgical process easier on both the patient and the | | | | the supply of qualified health providers simply does not |
| surgeon. Robotic intelligence and precision have | | | | meet the demand. |
| combined to eliminate human limitations. Robotic | | | | |