So what do we really mean when we talk about AI (Artificial Intelligence) in surgical robotics?
Let's start by defining a bit better what AI is in robotics. AI is defined in a few ways but this one is quite nice
"Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines or software, as opposed to the intelligence of humans or other animals. It is a field of study in computer science that develops and studies intelligent machines. Such machines may be called AIs"
When many people think of AI they think of super intelligence - when others think of AI they think that you turn on a machine - and it just learns from the world around it. That's not quite how it works today. One day they do hope that AI will be like a new born baby - that just starts learning any general thing (General AI).