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Axel Krieger discusses the development of autonomous surgical robots and their potential impact on the health care industry.

In the health care industry, artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced robotic systems could help solve many of the issues facing the field today. Axel Krieger, an NSF-supported associate professor, discusses his work developing autonomous surgical robots.

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