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Book Synopsis Development of Distributed Motor Control and Haptic Feedback Systems for Miniature in Vivo Surgical Robots by : Joseph Robert Bartels
Download or read book Development of Distributed Motor Control and Haptic Feedback Systems for Miniature in Vivo Surgical Robots written by Joseph Robert Bartels and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Haptics For Teleoperated Surgical Robotic Systems by : Mahdi Tavakoli
Download or read book Haptics For Teleoperated Surgical Robotic Systems written by Mahdi Tavakoli and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important obstacle in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) is the significant degradation of haptic feedback (sensation of touch) to the surgeon about surgical instrument's interaction with tissue. This monograph is concerned with devices and methods required for incorporating haptic feedback in master-slave robotic MIS systems. In terms of devices, novel mechanisms are designed including a surgical end-effector (slave) with full force sensing capabilities and a surgeon-robot interface (master) with full force feedback capabilities. Using the master-slave system, various haptic teleoperation control schemes are compared in terms of stability and performance, and passivity-based time delay compensation for haptic teleoperation over a long distance is investigated. The monograph also compares haptic feedback with visual feedback and with substitution for haptic feedback by other sensory cues in terms of surgical task performance.
Book Synopsis Tactile Sensing and Displays by : Javad Dargahi
Download or read book Tactile Sensing and Displays written by Javad Dargahi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensively covers the key technologies for the development of tactile perception in minimally invasive surgery Covering the timely topic of tactile sensing and display in minimally invasive and robotic surgery, this book comprehensively explores new techniques which could dramatically reduce the need for invasive procedures. The tools currently used in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) lack any sort of tactile sensing, significantly reducing the performance of these types of procedures. This book systematically explains the various technologies which the most prominent researchers have proposed to overcome the problem. Furthermore, the authors put forward their own findings, which have been published in recent patents and patent applications. These solutions offer original and creative means of surmounting the current drawbacks of MIS and robotic surgery. Key features:- Comprehensively covers topics of this ground-breaking technology including tactile sensing, force sensing, tactile display, PVDF fundamentals Describes the mechanisms, methods and sensors that measure and display kinaesthetic and tactile data between a surgical tool and tissue Written by authors at the cutting-edge of research into the area of tactile perception in minimally invasive surgery Provides key topic for academic researchers, graduate students as well as professionals working in the area
Book Synopsis Robotic Arm Manipulator with Haptic Feedback Using Progammable System on Chip by : Muhammad Yaqoob
Download or read book Robotic Arm Manipulator with Haptic Feedback Using Progammable System on Chip written by Muhammad Yaqoob and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Engineering - Robotics, grade: A, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), language: English, abstract: Haptic Feedback systems are used to sense the vibrations, touch and force in many real world problems for example gaming, virtual reality, mobiles, automotive industry and robotic surgery. Our work involves the design and development of a robotic arm at slave end which includes force and current sensors that allows the operator to get force feedback at the master end. Three methods of feedback are generally used i.e. Force Sensitive Resistors for object detection, Current Sensing for force feedback and Position estimation to replicate motion. The three mentioned methods are analyzed using graphs developed on the PC. Graphs are obtained by experiments on the gripper by using different objects. Master-Slave topology is used to attain some benefits over conventional control systems in term of ergonomics, accuracy and timing etc. There is an interactive GUI at master end to show us forces, size and motions at each joint of the slave unit. Along with the interactive GUI at master side, yaw and pitch motion of slave is also replicated at master end using master controller
Book Synopsis Design of a Flexible Control Platform and Miniature in Vivo Robots for Laparo-endoscopic Single-site Surgeries by : Lou P. Cubrich
Download or read book Design of a Flexible Control Platform and Miniature in Vivo Robots for Laparo-endoscopic Single-site Surgeries written by Lou P. Cubrich and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimally-invasive laparoscopic procedures have proven efficacy for a wide range of surgical procedures as well as benefits such as reducing scarring, infection, recovery time, and post-operative pain. While the procedures have many advantages, there are significant shortcomings such as limited instrument motion and reduced dexterity. In recent years, robotic surgical technology has overcome some of these limitations and has become an effective tool for many types of surgeries. These robotic platforms typically have an increased workspace, greater dexterity, improved ergonomics, and finer control than traditional laparoscopic methods. This thesis presents the designs of both a four degree-of-freedom (DOF) and 5-DOF miniature in vivo surgical robot as well as a software architecture for development and control of such robots. The proposed surgical platform consists of a two-armed robotic prototype, distributed motor control modules, custom robot control software, and remote surgeon console. A plug-in architecture in the control software provides the user a wide range of user input devices and control algorithms, including a numerical inverse kinematics solver, to allow intuitive control and rapid development of future robot prototypes. A variety of experiments performed by a surgeon at the University of Nebraska Medical Center were used to evaluate the performance of the robotic platform.
Book Synopsis A Balloon-based Haptic Feedback System for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgical Instrumentation by : Adrienne Therese Higa
Download or read book A Balloon-based Haptic Feedback System for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgical Instrumentation written by Adrienne Therese Higa and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Haptics-enabled Teleoperation for Robotics-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery by : Ali Talasaz
Download or read book Haptics-enabled Teleoperation for Robotics-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery written by Ali Talasaz and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lack of force feedback (haptics) in robotic surgery can be considered to be a safety risk leading to accidental tissue damage and puncturing of blood vessels due to excessive forces being applied to tissue and vessels or causing inefficient control over the instruments because of insufficient applied force. This project focuses on providing a satisfactory solution for introducing haptic feedback in robotics-assisted minimally invasive surgical (RAMIS) systems. The research addresses several key issues associated with the incorporation of haptics in a master-slave (teleoperated) robotic environment for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). In this project, we designed a haptics-enabled dual-arm (two masters - two slaves) robotic MIS testbed to investigate and validate various single-arm as well as dual-arm teleoperation scenarios. The most important feature of this setup is the capability of providing haptic feedback in all 7 degrees of freedom (DOF) required for RAMIS (3 translations, 3 rotations and pinch motion of the laparoscopic tool). The setup also enables the evaluation of the effect of replacing haptic feedback by other sensory cues such as visual representation of haptic information (sensory substitution) and the hypothesis that surgical outcomes may be improved by substituting or augmenting haptic feedback by such sensory cues. To provide realistic haptic feedback, it is necessary to measure forces acting at the tip of the laparoscopic instruments in all appropriate directions, as well as when gripping, cutting or palpating tissue. In order to achieve this, we have incorporated two types of laparoscopic instruments in the testbed: A sensorized da Vinci tool, with the capability of measuring grasping forces provided by several strain gauges embedded in the tool shaft, and a customized instrument, the Tactile Sensing Instrument (TSI), which has been developed in our laboratory for soft-tissue palpation in RAMIS. Two surgical scenarios are considered in this project: Tumor localization in soft-tissue palpation, and endoscopic suturing. The first application is to localize tumors embedded in liver and lung tissue through the single-arm master-slave teleoperation system. Since the stiffness of a tumor is higher than that of healthy tissue, it can be distinguished as a hard nodule during remote palpation. Tactile sensing is a method that can be used in RAMIS to localize cancerous tumors prior to performing ablative therapies. However, its performance is highly dependent on the consistency of the exploration force. Using the customized tactile sensing instrument, the pressure distribution over the tissue is captured and provided as a color contour map on a screen. In order to apply the exploration force consistently over the tissue, different force feedback modalities are incorporated with tactile sensing feedback: Direct reflection of force feedback, visual presentation of interaction forces, and a fusion method utilizing an autonomous force control for the exploration force in the palpation direction and direct reflection of the force measured at the location of the tumor to the operator's fingers through the grasper mechanism of the haptic interface. The problem of incorporating haptic feedback in robot-assisted endoscopic suturing is explored as the next telesurgery scenario. The dual-arm teleoperation setup is used for this application. In order to assess the quality of suturing, we divide the suturing task into two phases: stitching and knot tying. Each phase consists of several well-specified sub-tasks. The experiments are performed in three modes: without force feedback, with visual force feedback and with direct force reflection to the user. Three levels are considered for the visual feedback presented to the user. The main objective of showing force in different levels is to assure the user that the force being applied on the suture is sufficient to end up with a secure knot. The main focus on this work is to explore which way of presenting force feedback can be more effectively used, and how each modality can help the user to increase the performance.
Book Synopsis Cutaneous Haptic Feedback in Robotic Teleoperation by : Claudio Pacchierotti
Download or read book Cutaneous Haptic Feedback in Robotic Teleoperation written by Claudio Pacchierotti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work addresses the challenge of providing effective cutaneous haptic feedback in robotic teleoperation, with the objective of achieving the highest degree of transparency whilst guaranteeing the stability of the considered systems. On the one hand, it evaluates teleoperation systems that provide only cutaneous cues to the operator, thus guaranteeing the highest degree of safety. This cutaneous-only approach shows intermediate performance between no force feedback and full haptic feedback provided by a grounded haptic interface, and it is best suitable for those scenarios where the safety of the system is paramount, e.g., robotic surgery. On the other hand, in order to achieve a higher level of performance, this work also investigates novel robotic teleoperation systems with force reflection able to provide mixed cutaneous and kinesthetic cues to the operator. Cutaneous cues can compensate for the temporary reduction of kinesthetic feedback necessary to satisfy certain stability conditions. This state-of-the-art volume is oriented toward researchers, educators, and students who are interested in force feedback techniques for robotic teleoperation, cutaneous device design, cutaneous rendering methods and perception studies, as well as readers from different disciplines who are interested in applying cutaneous haptic technologies and methods to their field of interest.
Book Synopsis Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery by : Jelizaveta Konstantinova
Download or read book Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery written by Jelizaveta Konstantinova and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery presents the results of a research project, funded by European Commission, STIFF-FLOP: STIFFness controllable Flexible and Learn-able manipulator for surgical Operations. In Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), tools go through narrow openings and manipulate soft organs that can move, deform, or change stiffness. There are limitations on modern laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical systems due to restricted access through Trocar ports, lack of haptic feedback, and difficulties with rigid robot tools operating inside a confined space filled with organs. Also, many control algorithms suffer from stability problems in the presence of unexpected conditions. Yet biological "manipulators", like the octopus arm can manipulate objects while controlling the stiffness of selected body parts and being inherently compliant when interacting with objects. STIFF-FLOP robot is an innovative soft robotic arm that can squeeze through a standard MIS, reconfigure itself and stiffen by hydrostatic actuation to perform compliant force control tasks while facing unexpected situations. Technical topics discussed in the book include:Soft actuatorsContinuum soft manipulatorsControl, kinematics and navigation of continuum manipulatorsOptical sensors for force, torque, and curvatureHaptic feedback and human interface for surgical systemsValidation of soft stiffness controllable robots
Book Synopsis Investigation of Multi-Modal Haptic Feedback Systems for Robotic Surgery by : Ahmad Abiri
Download or read book Investigation of Multi-Modal Haptic Feedback Systems for Robotic Surgery written by Ahmad Abiri and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) led to significant benefits for patients at a cost of increase technical difficulty for surgeons. Robotic minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) was introduced to help eliminate some of the outstanding challenges by introducing improvements such as enhanced 3D vision and additional degrees of freedom. Unfortunately, RMIS resulted in a complete loss of haptic feedback, a problem that has persisted even after more than a decade of technology development. The limitations introduced by the loss of feedback in robotic surgery gave birth to innovations and significant research on haptic feedback systems (HFS). These systems aimed to provide an artificial sense of touch. Researchers have focused on many varieties of feedback technologies, most often relying on one specific feedback modality to help improve performance in a few, limited robotic surgical procedures. This research project set out to investigate multi-modal haptic feedback systems capable of providing benefits for many different robotic surgical applications. Having inherited an existing tactile feedback system designed for reducing crush injuries in robotic surgical procedures, this project implemented various critical enhancements for pneumatic normal force tactile feedback. Improvements to the sensing technology such as design of shear sensing mechanisms helped expand the application of haptics beyond grip force reduction. The development and integration of additional modalities of feedback including kinesthetic force feedback and vibration feedback, and design of a highly configurable software architecture allowed the application of the multi-modal HFS in several different RMIS applications. Evaluation of the system for knot tying in robotic surgery showed significant benefits in reducing suture breakage and improving knot quality. Application of the multi-modal HFS for palpation in robotic surgery helped improve detection non-compressible structures such as tumors and vessels in soft tissue phantoms. Finally, the system improved upon the previously developed unimodal tactile feedback systems with regards to reduction of grip force in RMIS. The results of these investigations highlight the importance of developing multi-modal haptic feedback systems that are able simulate the synergistic relationship between the various feedback modalities involved in real human touch. Robotic surgical systems have long been held back by their lack of comprehensive haptic feedback solutions. Multi-modal haptic feedback systems hold the promise of eliminating this long-standing problem and helping expand the application of robotics in surgical sciences.
Download or read book Surgical Robotics written by Jacob Rosen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 827 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surgical robotics is a rapidly evolving field. With roots in academic research, surgical robotic systems are now clinically used across a wide spectrum of surgical procedures. Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions provides a comprehensive view of the field both from the research and clinical perspectives. This volume takes a look at surgical robotics from four different perspectives, addressing vision, systems, engineering development and clinical applications of these technologies. The book also: -Discusses specific surgical applications of robotics that have already been deployed in operating rooms -Covers specific engineering breakthroughs that have occurred in surgical robotics -Details surgical robotic applications in specific disciplines of surgery including orthopedics, urology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, pediatric surgery and general surgery Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions is an ideal volume for researchers and engineers working in biomedical engineering.
Book Synopsis Design, Analysis and Testing of Haptic Feedback System for Laparoscopic Graspers in in Vivo Surgical Robots by : Nikhil Charuhas Salvi
Download or read book Design, Analysis and Testing of Haptic Feedback System for Laparoscopic Graspers in in Vivo Surgical Robots written by Nikhil Charuhas Salvi and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Grasper Integrated Miniaturized Tri-Axial Force Sensor System for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery by : Yuan Dai
Download or read book Grasper Integrated Miniaturized Tri-Axial Force Sensor System for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery written by Yuan Dai and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has gained popularity over traditional open surgery due to its advantages of decreased incision size and pain to the patient, lower risk of infection, and shorter recovery time. Recent developments in robotic surgical systems have shown promise to further advance MIS by offering the surgeons with increased manipulability and dexterity along with 3D vision. However, the lack of tactile feedback is the key feature that is needed for robotic surgery to reach its full potential. Recent research efforts have successfully integrated some degree of tactile feedback components onto surgical robotic instruments, and have shown significant improvement of the outcome of the surgical performance. The primary barrier to the adoption of tactile feedback in clinical use is the unavailability of suitable tri-axial force sensing technologies that can be integrated with the medical instruments. Besides well-understood normal force sensing, shear force sensing is also critical in clinical tasks, such as suturing, where shear sensing could prevent breakage of sutures due to excessive shear force. This paper describes the design, batch microfabrication, and characterization of a miniature force sensor for providing haptic feedback in robotic surgical systems. We demonstrate for the first time a microfabricated sensor that can provide triaxial sensing (normal, x-shear, y-shear) in a single sensor element that is integrated with commercial robotic surgical graspers. Features of this capacitive force sensor include differential sensing in the shear directions as well as a design where all electrical connections are on one side, leaving the backside pristine as the sensing face for surgical tasks. The sensor readout is performed by a custom-designed printed circuit board with 24-bit resolution. The integration of read-out circuits with the capacitive sensor is designed on two printed circuit boards that can be clipped together, providing the possibility for disposable sensors. The sensing system is first connected to the LabVIEW-based controller, to convert the analog capacitor signal to a digital signal representing force. After the functionality of the sensor is proven, the tactile sensor system is then integrated with our custom Visual Studio based feedback control system. Initial LabVIEW results validate the batch fabrication of the capacitive sensors and the design of the control circuit. The sensor is characterized using a sensing circuit with a 24-bit resolution at 11 Hz-109 Hz. With the LabVIEW program, the sensor and the readout circuitry contribute to a noise down to 0.8 fF to the normal z-direction, 0.2 fF to the shear x-direction, and 0.9 fF to the shear y-direction at 8 Hz bandwidth. The grasper integrated sensor system uses an Arduino based controller to multiplex between x, y, and z directions, providing 24 packets of tri-axial data per second to the Visual Studio-based computer application, with down to 0.094 fF capacitance noise to the normal z-direction, 0.078 fF to the shear x-direction, and 0.0825 fF to the shear y-direction at 87.2 Hz bandwidth. The sensitivity measured for the sensor is 14.58 fF/N for normal z direction, 0.83 fF/N for the shear x direction, and 0.62 fF/N for the shear y direction. We report a normal resolution of 6.45 mN, x-shear resolution of 94.7 mN, and y-shear resolution of 133 mN, all of which are more than sufficient for clinically relevant forces. A data latency of less than 42 ms is achieved to obtain a triaxial data package and transmit it to the computer through the WiFi network. A user study has been performed to tackle the suture breakage phenomenon that occurs during robotic surgery with the application of excessive forces due to lack of haptic feedback. The work aims to develop and validate a bi-axial shear feedback system that warns the operator to anticipated suture breakage. The benefits of a suture breakage warning system may be a reduced incidence of suture failure with otherwise equivalent knot quality during the tying procedure. Biaxial shear sensors were placed on the Cadiere grasper tips of a da Vinci robotic surgical system. 17 novice subjects were then instructed to tighten 10 knots made from Silk 3-0 sutures, five times with the Haptic Feedback System (HFS) enabled, and five times with the system disabled (i.e., without any feedback). During each trial, the number of suture breakages was recorded. After trial completion, knots were evaluated for tightness. This was accomplished by measuring the amount of knot slippage following knot tying. Additional metrics recorded were the time required for completing each trial and both the average force and peak force applied in each trial. Seven suture failures occurred in trials with HFS enabled while seventeen occurred in trials without feedback. The biaxial shear sensing system reduced the incidence of suture failure by 59% (). It also resulted in 25% lower average applied force in comparison to trials without feedback (), which is relevant because average force was observed to play a role in suture breakage (p=0.03925). Results of a 55% decrease in standard deviation of quality knots tied with HFS also indicate an improvement in consistency when using the feedback system. These results suggest this system may improve outcomes related to knot tying tasks in robotic surgery and reduce instances of suture failure while not degrading the quality of knots produced.
Book Synopsis Haptic Devices for Studies on Human Grasp and Rehabilitation by : Alessandro Altobelli
Download or read book Haptic Devices for Studies on Human Grasp and Rehabilitation written by Alessandro Altobelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new set of devices for accurate investigation of human finger stiffness and force distribution in grasping tasks. The ambitious goal of this research is twofold, the first is to advance the state of the art on human strategies in manipulation tasks and provide tools to assess rehabilitation procedure and the second is to investigate human strategies for impedance control that can be used for human robot interaction and control of myoelectric prosthesis. Part one describes two types of systems that are able to achieve a complete set of measurements on force distribution and contact point locations. The effectiveness of these devices in grasp analysis is also experimentally demonstrated and applications to neuroscientific studies are discussed. In part two, the devices are exploited in two different studies to investigate stiffness regulation principles in humans. The first study provides evidence on the existence of coordinated stiffening patterns in the fingers of human hands and establishes initial steps towards a real-time and effective modelling of finger stiffness in tripod grasp. The second study presents experimental findings on how humans modulate their hand stiffness whilst grasping objects of varying levels of compliance. The overall results give solid evidence on the validity and utility of the proposed devices to investigate human grasp properties. The underlying motor control principles that are exploited by humans in the achievement of a reliable and robust grasp can potentially be integrated into the control framework of robotic or prosthetic hands to achieve a similar interaction performance.
Book Synopsis Mapping Human Sensory-Motor Skills for Manipulation onto the Design and Control of Robots by : Matteo Bianchi
Download or read book Mapping Human Sensory-Motor Skills for Manipulation onto the Design and Control of Robots written by Matteo Bianchi and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans are endowed with extraordinary sensory-motor capabilities that enable a successful interaction with and exploration of the environment, as is the case of human manipulation. Understanding and modeling these capabilities represents an important topic not only for neuroscience but also for robotics in a mutual inspiration, both to inform the design and control of artificial systems and, at the same time, to increase knowledge on the biological side. Within this context, synergies -- i.e., goal-directed actions that constrain multi DOFs of the human body and can be defined at the kinematic, muscular, neural level -- have gained increasing attention as a general simplified approach to shape the development of simple and effective artificial devices. The execution of such purposeful sensory-motor primitives on the biological side leverages on the interplay of the sensory-motor control at central and peripheral level, and the interaction of the human body with the external world. This interaction is particularly important considering the new concept of robotic soft manipulation, i.e. soft, adaptable yet robust robotic hands that can deform with the external environment to multiply their grasping and manipulation capabilities. Under this regard, a preeminent role is reserved to touch, being that skin isour primary organ to shape our knowledge of the external world and, hence, to modify it, in interaction with the efferent parts. This Research Topic reports results on the mutual inspiration between neuroscience and robotics, and on how it is possible to translate neuroscientific findings on human manipulation into engineering guidelines for simplified systems able to take full advantage from the interaction and hence exploitation of environmental constraints for task accomplishment and knowledge acquisition.
Book Synopsis Human and Robot Hands by : Matteo Bianchi
Download or read book Human and Robot Hands written by Matteo Bianchi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the common problems both human and robotic hands encounter when controlling the large number of joints, actuators and sensors required to efficiently perform motor tasks such as object exploration, manipulation and grasping. The authors adopt an integrated approach to explore the control of the hand based on sensorimotor synergies that can be applied in both neuroscience and robotics. Hand synergies are based on goal-directed, combined muscle and kinematic activation leading to a reduction of the dimensionality of the motor and sensory space, presenting a highly effective solution for the fast and simplified design of artificial systems. Presented in two parts, the first part, Neuroscience, provides the theoretical and experimental foundations to describe the synergistic organization of the human hand. The second part, Robotics, Models and Sensing Tools, exploits the framework of hand synergies to better control and design robotic hands and haptic/sensing systems/tools, using a reduced number of control inputs/sensors, with the goal of pushing their effectiveness close to the natural one. Human and Robot Hands provides a valuable reference for students, researchers and designers who are interested in the study and design of the artificial hand.
Book Synopsis Computer-integrated Surgery by : Russell H. Taylor
Download or read book Computer-integrated Surgery written by Russell H. Taylor and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Computer-Integrated Surgery leading researchers and clinical practitioners describe the exciting new partnership that is being forged between surgeons and machines such as computers and robots, enabling them to perform certain skilled tasks better than either can do alone.The 19 chapters in part I, Technology, explore the components -- registration, basic tools for surgical planning, human-machine interfaces, robotic manipulators, safety -- that are the basis of computer-integrated surgery. These chapters provide essential background material needed to get up to speed on current work as well as a ready reference for those who are already active in the field.The 39 chapters in part II, Applications, cover eight clinical areas -- neurosurgery, orthopedics, eye surgery, dentistry, minimal access surgery, ENT surgery, craniofacial surgery, and radiotherapy -- with a concluding chapter on the high-tech operating room. Each section contains a brief introduction as well as at least one "requirements and opportunities" chapter written by a leading clinician in the area under discussion.
