Once programmed, the drill begins its work, and doctors stand by to monitor its actions at all times. In the team’s testing, the robot completed its cuts 50 times faster than a human surgeon.

A soft robot inserted through a hole in the skull can deploy six sensor-filled legs on the surface of the brain to monitor electrical activity. The design has been tested in miniature pigs and ...

The robot has seven axes of motion, to enable all possible angles, but remains compact, low-weight and accurate. To devise the robot arm, TU/e PhD student Jordan Bos visited twenty skull base ...