Robotic total knee arthroplasty: clinical outcomes and directions for future research

[摘要] The term ‘robot’ originates from the Czechword ‘robota’, which means forced labour oractivity. Karel Capek first used the term in his1921 play Rossum’s Universal Robots, in whichrobots were a series of factory-manufacturedartificial people made from synthetic materialthat undertook mundane tasks for theirhuman masters. The robots eventuallybecame frustrated with their roles and masterminded a robotic rebellion, leading to theextinction of the human race. Since then,robotics has evolved to describe an array ofcomputer machines that perform preprogrammed, precise, and repetitive procedures. These computer machines have nowbecome integrated into the routine workforce of several industries, including aviation,military, healthcare, finance, construction,and engineering.1,2 Robotic technology hashelped each of these sectors to achieve andsustain levels of precision, productivity, andefficiency that were not possible with humansalone. Within each of these sectors that haveintegrated robotic technology into the workforce, the use of this technology has neverdiminished or exited from the industry.

[学科分类] 骨科学