CIS news

• Surgeons say: robots won't replace humans for operations  
• Swallowable Surgical Robots Could Be the Future 
• Titan's CCO on SPORT
• Titan Medcial's new investors presentation is out
• Hansen revealed a $15m extra loss

• Intuitive's sales are up 10%, procedures grew 17% in Q1 
• Robotic surgery linked with less blood loss for obese men 
• First ROSA Spine case in the USA and first in Spain
• More results from soft-robotics
• First issue of JMRR is online 
• MDs are aiming at Disney's robot 
• FDA releases draft guidance for 3-D device printing 
• RoboHub:  Developing cost-effective, capable, surgical robots with a sense of “touch”

CFPs:

• COSUR application deadline extended
• Everyone is hiring in surgical robotics
• Translational Robotics for Clinical Rehabilitation Summer School
• The ICCAS DORS2016 is quickly approaching
• 2 PhD positions on image-guided microsurgery available at UCL 
• Auris is hiring a Principal Mechanical Engineer
•  PhD Position in Medical Microrobotics at LIRMM
• Research position in IG robot assisted surgery at U. of Verona
• Opthalmic robotics workshop at Hamlyn
• MICCAI Workshop: Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions (SACAI) 
• MICCAI Workshop on Challenges on Modelling and Monitoring CAI

It's still about the STAR system in the news: