A Compliant Transoral Surgical Robotic System Based on a Parallel Flexible Mechanism
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DOI: 10.1007/s10439-019-02241-0
Abstract: Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) allows for access to oropharyngeal regions in an effective and minimally invasive manner. However, safe TORS access to deep pharyngeal (such as hypopharynx) sites remains a great challenge for current surgical… read more here.
Keywords: system; mechanism; part; robot ... See more keywords
Review of surgical robotic systems for keyhole and endoscopic procedures: state of the art and perspectives
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DOI: 10.1007/s11684-020-0781-x
Abstract: Minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures, benefits patients in terms of improved postoperative outcomes and short recovery time. The challenges in hand-eye coordination and manipulation dexterity during the aforementioned procedures have inspired an… read more here.
Keywords: robotic systems; endoscopic procedures; keyhole endoscopic; systems keyhole ... See more keywords
Unsupervised Identification of Surgical Robotic Actions From Small Homogeneous Datasets
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2021.3104880
Abstract: Robot-assisted surgery is an established clinical practice. The automatic identification of surgical actions is needed for a range of applications, including performance assessment of trainees and surgical process modeling for autonomous execution and monitoring. However,… read more here.
Keywords: identification surgical; surgical robotic; unsupervised identification; actions small ... See more keywords
Autonomous surgical robotic systems and the liability dilemma
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DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.1015367
Abstract: Background Advances in machine learning and robotics have allowed the development of increasingly autonomous robotic systems which are able to make decisions and learn from experience. This distribution of decision-making away from human supervision poses… read more here.
Keywords: robotic systems; autonomous surgical; decision making; surgical robotic ... See more keywords