Automated, objective and predictive evaluation of technical skills in robot-assisted surgery

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To the Editor: I read with great interest the recently published article by Fard et al. entitled "Automated robot-assisted surgical skill evaluation: Predictive analytics approach." [1]. Trainees in robot-assisted surgery (RAS) need to acquire different technical skills over traditional surgery because of the peculiarities of the da Vinci surgical system by Intuitive Surgical (Sunnyvale, CA, United States). In particular, the master console requires a proper level of technical skills (hand-eye-foot coordination) to become familiar with control interfaces, 3D vision, camera, and clutching.