AI systems in the operating room using multimodal data from patients, teams, robots and environment to provide situational awareness and intraoperative decision-making that optimizes surgical actions.
This peer-reviewed analysis from May 2026 examines how AI and robotics ecosystems are entering the operating room, using multimodal data from patients, staff, robots and the environment for workflow recognition, performance benchmarking and decision support, while robots evolve toward autonomous systems with human-in-the-loop control.
- Impact 30%
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- Evidence 25%
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- Scale 20%
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- Confidence 15%
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- Recency 10%
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Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0191
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