# Introduction

Welcome to the course, *Training Healthcare Robots from Scratch Using Isaac for Healthcare*!

Autonomous robots are increasingly relevant in healthcare due to their ability to address workforce shortages, enhance efficiency, and improve patient outcomes. By automating routine, physically demanding, and high-risk tasks, robots support medical staff and enable more focused patient care.

This course will introduce you to [NVIDIA Isaac for Healthcare](https://developer.nvidia.com/isaac/healthcare) and its workflows. If you’ve used [Isaac Sim](https://developer.nvidia.com/isaac/sim) and [Isaac Lab](https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/main/index.html) before you’re well prepared to study this course.

We will explain and perform a complete, end-to-end implementation that demonstrates how to build, simulate, and deploy robotic system for a specific medical application: an ultrasound scan.

![Isaac for Healthcare Cover](training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/images/isaac-for-healthcare-cover.jpg)

# Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

- Create a scene in Isaac Sim with custom medical assets
- Modify a robotic arm to hold an ultrasound probe
- Generate synthetic patient CT data using [MAISI CT](https://build.nvidia.com/nvidia/maisi)
- Use a state machine to collect data for imitation learning
- Fine-tune [GR00T](https://developer.nvidia.com/isaac/gr00t) N1, a Vison-Language-Action (VLA) model
- Deploy GR00T N1 to autonomously scan a liver model

If you’re new to robotics, we recommend going to our [Robotics Fundamentals Learning Path](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/learn/learning-path/robotics/), and taking the courses under **Getting Started with Isaac Sim** and **Getting Started with Isaac Lab**, then coming back to this course.

* [Robotics Meets Healthcare](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/02-robotics-meets-healthcare.md)
  * [Healthcare Requires Dynamic, Adaptable Robot Behavior](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/02-robotics-meets-healthcare.md#healthcare-requires-dynamic-adaptable-robot-behavior)
    * [Unique Challenges](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/02-robotics-meets-healthcare.md#unique-challenges)
    * [Train in Isaac Lab, Simulate and Evaluate in Isaac Sim](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/02-robotics-meets-healthcare.md#train-in-isaac-lab-simulate-and-evaluate-in-isaac-sim)
  * [Isaac for Healthcare](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/02-robotics-meets-healthcare.md#isaac-for-healthcare)
* [Foundation Models in Healthcare Robotics](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/03-foundation-models-in-healthcare-robotics.md)
  * [GR00T and Cosmos](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/03-foundation-models-in-healthcare-robotics.md#gr00t-and-cosmos)
  * [Synthetic Data Generation (SDG)](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/03-foundation-models-in-healthcare-robotics.md#synthetic-data-generation-sdg)
  * [Phantom Models](https://docs.nvidia.com/learning/physical-ai/getting-started-with-isaac-for-healthcare/latest/training-healthcare-robots-from-scratch/00-introduction/03-foundation-models-in-healthcare-robotics.md#phantom-models)