DOCSF 2024: The Future of Robotics: A perspective (Hans Peter Brøndmo)

In this episode of the Digital Orthopedics Podcast, we explore the future of robotics in surgery with experts Dr. Stefan Kreutzer and Hans Peter Brøndmo. Dr. Kreutzer shares his extensive experience with surgical robotic platforms, highlighting key challenges such as high costs and limited clinical data. Brøndmo, drawing from his work on Google X’s Everyday Robots project, discusses broader robotics challenges, including human-robot interfaces and teaching robots complex tasks.The conversation reflects on the evolution of robotics, comparing current surgical robots to cutting-edge industrial models, and addresses the balance between technological advancements and the irreplaceable human touch in medicine. As robotics reshape healthcare and beyond, the discussion raises profound questions about creativity, work, and what it truly means to be human in an increasingly automated world.Stay tuned for more episodes, and mark your calendars for DOCSF on October 3, 2025. Don’t forget to rate and review!

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The Digital Orthopaedics Conference San Francisco (DOCSF) was created to bridge the worlds of digital health and clinical orthopaedics and thereby catalyze the adoption of technology in musculoskeletal care. This podcast series features key speakers and highlights from the live event. Why orthopaedics? We believe that embedding digital technologies in a narrow integrated vertical is more likely to affect change than targeting one-fifth of the U.S. economy. We also believe that if a conference is to move the ball forward, it needs to target leaders who are positioned to drive change. These leaders want a conference that is practical, identifies solutions to real problems, and that provides perspective from people outside their normal circle. To this end, we invite Health Care, Industry, Finance, Entrepreneurs and Payers to participate. The DOCSF program design uses many educational formats including ‘case studies’ to illustrate success and a broad panel of experts to ask tough questions. And because change does not happen in a vacuum, we include leadership, policy and design segments in the program. Find out more, and register for our next conference, by visiting docsf.health.