A review of physics simulators for robotic applications

J Collins, S Chand, A Vanderkop, D Howard - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of simulators in robotics research is widespread, underpinning the majority of recent
advances in the field. There are now more options available to researchers than ever before …

Accelerating surgical robotics research: A review of 10 years with the da vinci research kit

C D'Ettorre, A Mariani, A Stilli… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic-assisted surgery is now well established in clinical practice and has become the
gold-standard clinical treatment option for several clinical indications. The field of robotic …

Concepts and trends in autonomy for robot-assisted surgery

P Fiorini, KY Goldberg, Y Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surgical robots have been widely adopted with over 4000 robots being used in practice
daily. However, these are telerobots that are fully controlled by skilled human surgeons …

Surrol: An open-source reinforcement learning centered and dvrk compatible platform for surgical robot learning

J Xu, B Li, B Lu, YH Liu, Q Dou… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous surgical execution relieves tedious routines and surgeon's fatigue. Recent
learning-based methods, especially reinforcement learning (RL) based methods, achieve …

SofaGym: An open platform for reinforcement learning based on soft robot simulations

P Schegg, E Ménager, E Khairallah, D Marchal… - Soft …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
OpenAI Gym is one of the standard interfaces used to train Reinforcement Learning (RL)
Algorithms. The Simulation Open Framework Architecture (SOFA) is a physics-based engine …

Sim-to-real transfer for visual reinforcement learning of deformable object manipulation for robot-assisted surgery

PM Scheikl, E Tagliabue, B Gyenes… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automation holds the potential to assist surgeons in robotic interventions, shifting their
mental work load from visuomotor control to high level decision making. Reinforcement …

Guided reinforcement learning with efficient exploration for task automation of surgical robot

T Huang, K Chen, B Li, YH Liu… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Task automation of surgical robot has the potentials to improve surgical efficiency. Recent
reinforcement learning (RL) based approaches provide scalable solutions to surgical …

Safe reinforcement learning using formal verification for tissue retraction in autonomous robotic-assisted surgery

A Pore, D Corsi, E Marchesini… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is a viable solution for automating repetitive surgical
subtasks due to its ability to learn complex behaviours in a dynamic environment. This task …

Human-in-the-loop embodied intelligence with interactive simulation environment for surgical robot learning

Y Long, W Wei, T Huang, Y Wang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surgical robot automation has attracted increasing research interest over the past decade,
expecting its potential to benefit surgeons, nurses and patients. Recently, the learning …

Open simulation environment for learning and practice of robot-assisted surgical suturing

A Munawar, JY Wu, GS Fischer… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automation has the potential to improve the standard of care but is difficult to realize due to
perceptual challenges, especially in soft-tissue surgery. Machine learning can provide …