{"id":9200,"date":"2019-06-25T16:39:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T20:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brainstation.io\/?p=9200"},"modified":"2019-07-02T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:26:45","slug":"4-major-industries-are-being-revolutionized-by-machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/4-major-industries-are-being-revolutionized-by-machine-learning","title":{"rendered":"4 Major Industries Are Being Revolutionized by Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we\u2019ve <\/span>discussed<\/span><\/a>, AI and machine learning are poised to change pretty much everything about the way we work and live.<\/span><\/p>\n

But while self-driving cars or autonomous drones nab the most headlines, AI and machine learning are already having a transformative effect in a range of disciplines that you might not expect. Here are some of the ways machine learning and AI have revolutionized four traditional industries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Healthcare<\/b><\/h2>\n

Though we\u2019re still more than a few years away from trading our M.D.s for robots, the rate at which the medical industry has been transformed by robotics is staggering. And considering that the World Health Organization has estimated a global shortfall of 4.3 million doctors and nurses, these advances couldn\u2019t come at a better time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The major turning point occurred in 2000 when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved robotic surgery with the da Vinci Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical Inc. The system positions surgeons behind a console and translates their hand movements in real time. The tiny instruments have a greater range of motion than the human hand, and da Vinci\u2019s vision system delivers high-definition, 3D views of the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

The system is intended for minimally invasive surgery, and it\u2019s only growing more popular. The annual number of da Vinci procedures performed exceeded 1 million for the first time in 2018, increasing by 18 percent over the year prior, and the $3.724 billion in revenue generated by the company was a 19 percent increase over 2017. The company also shipped 926 da Vinci Surgical Systems over the year, compared with 684 the year before.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, <\/span>advanced mind-controlled robotic limbs<\/span><\/a> are poised to <\/span>revolutionize the field of prosthetics<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>robotic exoskeletons<\/span><\/a> are an emerging tool in rehabilitating spinal-cord injuries, and <\/span>flexible robotic endoscopy<\/span><\/a> allows doctors greater efficiency and control, as well as a more pleasant experience for patients. And <\/span>robotic health aides<\/span> will become only more prevalent as the population ages.<\/span><\/p>\n