This paper describes the control and ergonomic evaluation of a ceiling mounted (or support frame suspended) 7-axis surgical robot (HISAR)f o r laparoscopic camera navigation. A ke...
Janez Funda, Kreg Gruben, Ben Eldridge, Stephen H....
— We have developed a new class of continuously flexible snake-like robots, called active cannulas, that consist of several telescoping pre-curved superelastic tubes. The device...
Robert J. Webster III, Allison M. Okamura, Noah J....
– Our recent work on robotic surgical assistant systems has led us to develop a method to generate spatial motion constraints associated with complex 3D geometry for controlling ...
— In order to enable robotic surgery without human assistance, a means must be developed to change tools. As part of the larger Trauma Pod Project, we developed the Tool Rack Sub...
Diana C. W. Friedman, Jesse Dosher, Tim Kowalewski...
— There are two main limitations in the conventional robot-assisted spinal fusion surgery. Since the end effector in the state of art has a role of guiding the insertion pose of ...
Jongwon Lee, Keehoon Kim, Wan Kyun Chung, Seungmoo...