The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR) is now in its 13th year and has provided an annual forum for surgeons and engineers from across the globe to network and explore the latest developments in medical robotics. Every year researchers, clinicians and engineers are invited to submit papers on a range of topics covering clinical specialities in Urology, Cardiac Surgery, Neuro Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Gynaecology, ENT, Orthopaedic and Paediatric Surgery.

This year we plan to build beyond the previous achievements and take the symposium to even higher successes with the theme of ‘Surgery and Beyond’. We have already received full CPD accreditation from the Royal College of Surgeons and to complement this we are planning a programme with increased focus on clinical practitioner centered talks, workshops and presentations.

Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2021: Workshop

The introduction of robots into the operating room has redefined many concepts of traditional surgery. The next significant forward leap is expected with the introduction of intelligent systems that can operate autonomously, or semi-autonomously in cooperation with the surgeons.

In this quest of intelligence, growing synergies from diverse scientific fields emerged: from machine learning to human-machine interaction, from knowledge representation to collaborative robotics. This opens to a new research field, Cognitive Surgical Robotics, that includes many areas involved in the integration of advanced cognitive capabilities into robot-assisted surgical procedure.

Building on the success story of the workshop held at HSMR’19 with more than 15 speakers and more than 100 attendees, we propose a second edition of this workshop with a very different format and a brand-new list of speakers. The aim of this event is to explore the next generation of surgical robots from different angles. Starting from the review of the state-of-the-art in surgical robotics, and the latest technological solutions, we will further discuss the specific research challenges related to Cognitive Surgical Robotics, address its commercial perspectives, and the possibilities of its effective deployment in clinical practice.

Four speakers from surgical, industrial and technology areas will be invited to present their opinion on topics such as surgery, robotics, artificial intelligence, and industry. With their different background, experience, interests and goals, these experts will help us drawing a comprehensive picture of the problem, marking the current state of the practice and identifying the most interesting research directions for the near future.

The workshop will end with a round table session to summarise the key elements of cognitive robotic surgery and the main challenges to be addressed in the coming years.

Programme:

120min

• Introduction & Welcome
• Marco Zenati, Harvard Medical School – AI Coaching to infer Team Mental Model Alignment in Healthcare
• Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, University of Toronto – Through the Keyhole: Towards Autonomy for Surgical Continuum Robots
  Break
• Pierre Jannin, University of Rennes – Challenges in Situation awareness for autonomy in surgical robotics
• Andreas Melzer, OR.NET & University of Dundee – Robotics for Image guided Therapy and FU
• Q&A and Discussion

This workshop is worth 2 CPD points, please register to qualify for certification.