Main description:

Provides for the first time a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the different types of healthcare robots and the advances that AI brings them.
Provides, in an easy and accessible way, essential basic information about the autonomy levels of surgery robots, which is novel. As such, could be very valuable to a broad community that ranges from legal scholars, ethicists, developers, policymakers, students, or non-specialists curious about the topic.

Contents:

Foreword. Authors. Introduction. 1 Defining the Domains of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. 2 Defining Healthcare Robotics. 3 AI for Surgical Robots. 4 AI for Socially Assistive Robots. 5 AI for Physically Assistive Robots. 6 AI for Healthcare Service Robots. Conclusion. Index.