Figures I've seen show that things are worse for a while and then the robots are... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

wavegeek on Nov 6, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Robot-assisted surgery associated with longer oper...

Figures I've seen show that things are worse for a while and then the robots are better, after a significant learning curve.

The story acknowledges that this study was done early on so it will have been affected by the learning curve.

graeham on Nov 7, 2017 [–]

Seen similar things, with the effect of learning curve being fairly massive - particularly for the first 5-10 procedures done. Really understated in the article for being a fairly major factor.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact