A unique robot for kidney surgery has been created in Russia.

A unique robotic system designed for retrograde intrarenal surgery has been developed at Southwestern State University in the Kursk region. This development has no analogues in Russia.

The university announced that the invention is fully operational and will undergo a series of clinical trials at relevant medical institutions. "Our specialists at one of our departments have developed a robotic system for performing minimally invasive surgeries inside the kidney," the university's press service reported. Existing methods for removing kidney stones had significant drawbacks. Specifically, doctors had to be exposed to X-rays while standing close to the patient. The developers have proposed an automated system that allows for remote control of a urethroscope, significantly improving the precision of surgical interventions.

The development was developed by staff at the Department of Mechanics, Mechatronics, and Robotics at Southwest State University, led by Professor Sergei Yatsun.

The developers explained that the robot can operate in two modes: remote control and automatic. In the first mode, the doctor controls every action of the robot, monitoring the progress of the operation on the screen, while in the second mode, the robot performs the programmed actions autonomously.

By 2025, medical robotics will no longer be simply an assistant, but will be actively integrated into therapeutic procedures. For example, scientists from Johns Hopkins University demonstrated a prototype robot that successfully performed a critical part of a gallbladder removal surgery autonomously.

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