Autonomous robots: a new reality in healthcare? A project by European Association of Urology-Young Academic Urologist group.

Journal: Current opinion in urology
Published Date:

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Artificial intelligence appears as a potential revolution in the general process of medical training, disease diagnosis and treatment. A novel disruptive technology of the 21st century will be 'learner' robots from artificial intelligence systems able to use all the combination of the available knowledge in medical repositories to give the best standard of care.

Authors

  • Juan Gomez Rivas
    Department of Urology, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
  • Carlos Toribio-Vázquez
    Department of Urology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
  • Mark Taratkin
    Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia.
  • Jose Luis Marenco
    Young Academic Urologist-Urotechnology Working Party (ESUT-YAU), European Association of Urology, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
  • Rafael Grossmann
    Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine, USA.