Final Report for the Workshop on Robotics & AI in Medicine

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18130v1
• Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:53:35 GMT
• Title: Final Report for the Workshop on Robotics & AI in Medicine
• Abstract summary: The workshop demonstrated broad consensus on the urgency of establishing a national Center for AI and Robotic Excellence in medicine (CARE)<n>Participants underscored critical gaps in data availability, standardized evaluation methods, regulatory pathways, and workforce training.<n>Discussions emphasized the transformative potential of AI enabled robotics to improve precision, reduce provider burden, expand access to specialized care, and enhance patient outcomes.
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• Abstract: The CARE Workshop on Robotics and AI in Medicine, held on December 1, 2025 in Indianapolis, convened leading researchers, clinicians, industry innovators, and federal stakeholders to shape a national vision for advancing robotics and artificial intelligence in healthcare. The event highlighted the accelerating need for coordinated research efforts that bridge engineering innovation with real clinical priorities, emphasizing safety, reliability, and translational readiness with an emphasis on the use of robotics and AI to achieve this readiness goal. Across keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions, participants underscored critical gaps in data availability, standardized evaluation methods, regulatory pathways, and workforce training that hinder the deployment of intelligent robotic systems in surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitative, and assistive contexts. Discussions emphasized the transformative potential of AI enabled robotics to improve precision, reduce provider burden, expand access to specialized care, and enhance patient outcomes particularly in undeserved regions and high risk procedural domains. Special attention was given to austere settings, disaster and relief and military settings. The workshop demonstrated broad consensus on the urgency of establishing a national Center for AI and Robotic Excellence in medicine (CARE). Stakeholders identified priority research thrusts including human robot collaboration, trustworthy autonomy, simulation and digital twins, multi modal sensing, and ethical integration of generative AI into clinical workflows. Participants also articulated the need for high quality datasets, shared test beds, autonomous surgical systems, clinically grounded benchmarks, and sustained interdisciplinary training mechanisms.

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