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[January 2007] The event on Micro-technologies for Microsurgery provided a venue for exploration and discussion on new sensing and actuation systems for robotic technologies applied in precision microsurgical processes. In microsurgery the interest is in the control of tool points with respect to tissues. It was beneficial to delegates that this topic followed the magnificent day on Robotics and Computer-assisted Surgery which reviewed the current state-of-the-art surgical robotics in current practice as they were able to consider the next steps in the growing technology.

The first sessions reviewed the technologies behind the latest surgical robotic systems for microsurgery and identified principal challenges facing surgeons across clinical disciplines. Following a series of interesting papers on new technologies to sensing, actuation, user interfaces and the performance of the user, the event explored the extent to which such technology could be applied to other therapies such as in cell processing. The event concluded with an extensive and fruitful discussion.