NTT Docomo: 5G Remote Robot Surgery: Medicaroid’hinotori’
-Successful demonstration experiment-
Medicaroid:
‘Hinotori’, the first domestically produced surgical support robot
Developed by the medical device manufacturer “Medicaroid” in Kobe.
‘Hinotori’ is expected to be used in areas where there is a shortage of doctors.
‘Hinotori’:
When the surgeon sits in the cockpit and operates with his limbs, a remote operation unit performs the surgery.
Through NTT’s 5G line
Located in a separate building from the cockpit,
Move the main body of hinotori,
Succeeded in the demonstration experiment of “remote robot surgery”.
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Surgical support robot, remote control with 5G
Groups such as NTT Docomo:
On the 16th, a demonstration experiment was started to remotely control the first domestically produced surgery support robot “hinotori” using the high-speed communication standard “5G” technology.
5G transmission test:
This time, we used NTT Docomo’s 5G technology.
I tried “Is it possible to peel off the blood vessels in the stomach from a remote place?”
Succeeded in an experiment to send surgical images and robot control signals in a realistic manner.
Conventional communication method:
The line between base stations is fast and stable,
However, the quality of the line connecting the base station and the hospital is different.
Each hospital should have a dedicated line, but it costs too much.
This 5G communication method:
Use 5G, which has already started commercial services.
In the 5G communication method, high-speed and stable communication can be realized by connecting the robot and the 5G base station.
Asahi Shimbun Digital