How far are vision-free medical robots from achieving trustworthy embodied intelligence?

Authors

Jiacheng Liu, Hong Zhang, Hao Wang, Shilong Han, Xu Chen, Xiaohang Nie, Jie Liu, Yichao Tang

Published in

iScience. Volume 29. Issue 11. Pages 117416. Nov 20, 2026. Epub Oct 08, 2026.

Abstract

Embodied Intelligence (EI) is rapidly reshaping the field of robotic surgery, enabling unprecedented levels of clinical precision while liberating surgeons from excessive cognitive and physical burdens. However, for "vision-free" surgical robots incapable of integrating direct visual sensing-such as endovascular robots and untethered swarms-their persistent reliance on external medical imaging fundamentally impedes their evolution toward safe and trustworthy EI-surgery.

PMID:
42894641
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 19 Oct 2026.

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