Robotics for a heart operation and new trends in Cardiorobotics (SNAKE ROBOT)

Abstract: This paper considers the new functionality added to a snake robot which is for heart surgery. Normally snake robots are used for inspection, search, rescue and reconnaissance missions. Here we have conceived a new dimension to it - „Instead of completely opening up your rib cage for a heart operation, what would you say about a smaller incision and letting a snake do it‟. The concept of heart surgery mainly requires the robot has 102 joints, a camera in the head, and can slither around your organs with amazing precision . While we‟ve spent a lot of time writing about humanoid robots, doggy packmule robots, autonomous quadcopter robots, and even the science of falling in love with robots, medical robots are possibly the most important sphere of robotics. Scientists and doctors are already using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer, and other diseased organs. The snakebots carry tiny cameras, scissors and forceps, and even more advanced sensors are in the works. It's like the ability to have little hands inside the patients, as if the surgeon had been shrunken, and was working on the heart valve.

Keywords: Humanoid robots,Snake,Medical robots,Snakebots.