Innovation by Committee? Reigniting Surgical Robotics Research and Development

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White Papers resulting from the November 2001 Operating Room of the Future meeting can be accessed at: http://www.tatrc.org/website_ORfuture/index.html

The TATRC Surgical Robotics IRT Report can be accessed at: http://www.tatrc.org/website_irtsurgery/index.html