DocumentCode
2721700
Title
Tactile sensing for telesurgery
Author
Davies, Brian
Author_Institution
Mechatronics in Med. Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fYear
1995
fDate
34870
Firstpage
42552
Lastpage
42553
Abstract
Tests have been carried out at Imperial College on a prototype master/slave system to cut soft tissue. These suggest that it is possible to recognise the moment of tissue penetration by a dip in force levels and then retract the slave automatically using local feedback to control the depth of cut. An understanding of such processes is needed, together with better quality force and tactile sensing systems, to ensure the future safe operation of telesurgery systems
Keywords
biomechanics; mechanoception; surgery; tactile sensors; television applications; Imperial College; automatic slave retraction; cut depth control; force levels dip; local feedback; prototype master/slave system; safe operation; soft tissue cutting; tactile sensing; telesurgery;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Towards Telesurgery, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19950858
Filename
478238
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