Efforts and Challenges for Medical Robots in South Korea

This article describes the important robot research, development, and clinical application activities of academia and industry in the history of Korean medical robots over the past 30 years. Additionally, it summarizes the future direction of development in the medical robot field. The research on medical robots in Korea started with adventurous attempts by academia and timely support from the government. The spread and importance of medical technology were recognized according to the direction of the development of society, and the development naturally began by benchmarking successful medical robots in the United States, Europe, and Japan according to the government