A compendium of contact force models inspired by Hunt and Crossley's cornerstone work

MR da Silva, F Marques, MT da Silva… - Mechanism and Machine …, 2022 - Elsevier
The selection of the contact force model plays a crucial role in the modeling and analysis of
dynamical systems. The seminal work by Hunt and Crossley, published in 1975, is one of …

Extended Kalman filter for online soft tissue characterization based on Hunt-Crossley contact model

X Zhu, B Gao, Y Zhong, C Gu, KS Choi - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Real-time soft tissue characterization is significant to robotic assisted minimally invasive
surgery for achieving precise haptic control of robotic surgical tasks and providing realistic …

Iterative Kalman filter for biological tissue identification

X Zhu, J Li, Y Zhong, KS Choi… - … Journal of Robust …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic soft tissue identification plays an important role in robotic‐assisted minimally
invasive surgery to achieve realistic force feedback for precise and safe surgical operations …

Depth estimation of hard inclusions in soft tissue by autonomous robotic palpation using deep recurrent neural network

B **ao, W Xu, J Guo, HK Lam, G Jia… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurately detecting tumors and estimating the depth of tumors is essential in the surgical
removal of tumors. In robotic-assisted surgery, autonomous robotic palpation has the …

Trajectory tracking control of a wall-building robot in an uncertain viscoelastic environment

Q Shi, Z Wang, Z Zheng, Z Zhou, Z Wang, Y Guo… - Automation in …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the bricklaying process, the wall-building robot is not only affected by viscoelastic
contact force, but also affected by dynamic modeling errors and external disturbances, which …

Real-time deformable-contact-aware model predictive control for force-modulated manipulation

L Wijayarathne, Z Zhou, Y Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The force modulation of robotic manipulators has been extensively studied for several
decades. However, it is not yet commonly used in safety-critical applications due to a lack of …

Teleoperated surgical robot with adaptive interactive control architecture for tissue identification

Y Sheng, H Cheng, Y Wang, H Zhao, H Ding - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
The remote perception of teleoperated surgical robotics has been a critical issue for
surgeons in fulfilling their remote manipulation tasks. In this article, an adaptive …

Design and Mechanics of Active Needles: A Review

S Yu, Y Lim, S Kim, SC Ryu - IEEE Transactions on Medical …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Steerable needles have been extensively studied in the medical robotics society for the past
two decades, evolving from passive needles to active ones that enable independent motion …

System identification and simulation of soft tissue force feedback in a spine surgical simulator

HV Chorney, JR Forbes, M Driscoll - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Surgical simulators are being introduced as training modalities for surgeons. This paper
aims to evaluate dynamic models used to convey force feedback from puncturing the soft …

A passive variable impedance control strategy with viscoelastic parameters estimation of soft tissues for safe ultrasonography

L Beber, E Lamon, D Nardi, D Fontanelli… - … on Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the context of telehealth, robotic approaches have proven a valuable solution to in-person
visits in remote areas, with decreased costs for patients and infection risks. In particular, in …