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Celebrating the 10th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics

by Jo Seed

Annual robotic Symposium brings clinicians and surgeons to Imperial to try their hand at the latest advances in surgical robotics.

The annual Symposium, which is hosted by IGHI's Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, took place from 25th - 28th June 2017 at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

Through a series of presentations, competitions, challenges and innovations, guests discovered what to expect from the emerging world of medical robotics in the next ten years. 

Their Surgical Robot Challenge was also hosted on Sunday 25th June and on Monday 26th, a celebratory drinks reception was held at the Science Museum to celebrate their 10th birthday.