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1. A surgical robot system comprising:
a robot base;
a robot arm coupled to the robot base, wherein movement of the robot arm is electronically controlled by a processor;
an end-effector having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion coupled to the robot arm, wherein the second portion of the end-effector includes a guide tube that is positionable at a desired location with respect to a patient's spine to facilitate the performance of a spinal surgery and a plurality of tracking markers for tracking the movement of the end-effector in three dimensions;
a drill bit configured to be received in the guide tube and configured to drill into a bone; and
one or more dilator tubes, each having a handle, the handle configured to be grabbed by a physician for manually pushing the dilator into soft tissue and enlarge a tissue opening,
wherein the one or more dilator tubes are configured to be placed by the guide tube while the end-effector is secured to the robot arm,
wherein the guide tube is moveable along an x, y and z axes, and further moveable along one axis independent of the other axes.
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