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An introduction to the journal's special section on robotic surgery is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including natural orifice trans-luminal endoscopic surgery, modular and interoperable software architectures, and mechanical technologies.

The article examines surgical performance assessment and training with regard to human skill understanding to improve health care outcomes. Surgical procedure performance reportedly involves inter-coupled perceptual, sensory, and cognitive components. Other topics include gaps in the understanding of human-operator interactions, history of surgical surgery, and skills acquisition.