World’s first specialized robot system capable of being used in minimally invasive spine surgery was put into clinical trials in Xinqiao hospital in Chongqing on July 11. The robot system with complete independent intellectual property rights was jointly researched and developed by the Third Military Medical University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which indicated a new era of domestically produced robots in clinical minimally invasive spine surgery.(Author:Cui Jiawen, People’s Daily, July 13,2010.)