Kinematic design considerations for minimally invasive surgical robots: an overview

CH Kuo, JS Dai, P Dasgupta - The International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Kinematic design is a predominant phase in the design of robotic manipulators
for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). However, an extensive overview of the kinematic …

Robotics in laparoscopic surgery-A review

IF Zidane, Y Khattab, S Rezeka, M El-Habrouk - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
Because of the increasing use of laparoscopic surgeries, robotic technologies have been
developed to overcome the challenges these surgeries impose on surgeons. This paper …

Passive virtual fixtures adaptation in minimally invasive robotic surgery

M Selvaggio, GA Fontanelli, F Ficuciello… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During robot-aided surgical interventions, the surgeon can be benefitted from the application
of virtual fixtures (VFs). Though very effective, this technique is very often not practicable in …

Tele-operated oropharyngeal swab (TOOS) robot enabled by TSS soft hand for safe and effective sampling

W Chen, J Zhou, SS Cheng, Y Lu… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed serious challenges in multiple perspectives of
human life. To diagnose COVID-19, oropharyngeal swab (OP SWAB) sampling is generally …

Haptic and visual augmented reality interface for programming welding robots

D Ni, AWW Yew, SK Ong, AYC Nee - Advances in Manufacturing, 2017 - Springer
It is a challenging task for operators to program a remote robot for welding manipulation
depending only on the visual information from the remote site. This paper proposes an …

Compensatory motion scaling for time-delayed robotic surgery

RK Orosco, B Lurie, T Matsuzaki, EK Funk, V Divi… - Surgical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Round trip signal latency, or time delay, is an unavoidable constraint that
currently stands as a major barrier to safe and efficient remote telesurgery. While there have …

New remote centre of motion mechanism for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery

X Zhou, H Zhang, M Feng, J Zhao, Y Fu - Biomedical engineering online, 2018 - Springer
Background Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) is promising for improving
surgical accuracy and dexterity. As the end effector of the robotic arm, the remote centre of …

Easy-to-deploy combined nasal/throat swab robot with sampling dexterity and resistance to external interference

W Chen, Z Chen, Y Lu, H Cao, J Zhou… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots have been used extensively in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic since its
outbreak. One prominent direction is the use of robots for swab sampling, which not only …

Teleoperation

L Basañez, R Suárez - Springer Handbook of Automation, 2009 - Springer
This chapter presents an overview of the teleoperation of robotics systems, starting with a
historical background, and including the description of an up-to-date specific teleoperation …

A task space virtual fixture architecture for teleoperated surgical system with slave joint limit constraints

Y Cai, PF Choi, CWV Hui, RH Taylor… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unintended motion is one of the major causes of intraoperative injuries in teleoperated
surgeries. Due to the large workspace discrepancy between master and slave manipulators …