8 accepted papers
In robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, optimal camera positioning is crucial for effective visualization and manipulation of tissues, which impacts the success of procedures. Traditional camera control can increase cognitive workload, lead to suboptimal camera viewpoints, and complicate surgi
In cable-driven robots, the actuation is transmitted via long cables for control and manipulation of the end-effectors. The cables introduce biases due to non-linear tension, creating a challenge for accurate modeling and localization. This paper presents a novel data-driven algorithm that addresses…
Stability analysis in haptic systems with delay most often overlooks the impact of the operator, resulting in conservative stability boundaries that limit the effectiveness of haptic feedback. To address this limitation and develop a human-centered approach to stability analysis, we investigate the
Fine manipulation is important in dexterous tasks executed via teleoperation, including in robot-assisted surgery. Discovering fundamental laws of human movement can benefit the design and control of teleoperated systems, and the training of their users. These laws are formulated as motor invariants
The uncoupled stability of haptic rendering has been analyzed extensively, predominantly using passivity considerations. Yet, the role of the operator in improving the stability of haptic systems has received less attention. Here, towards a human-in-the-loop stability analysis of haptic rendering wi
Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery allows for easy recording of kinematic data, and presents excellent opportunities for data-intensive approaches to assessment of surgical skill, system design, and automation of procedures. However, typical surgical cases result in long data streams, and t…
When a person interacts with an environment using a tool, he/she receives tactile information in the form of fingerpad skin deformation. Different interaction forces and torques on the tool cause different skin deformation patterns on the fingerpads. We designed a 6-degree-of-freedom tactile device…
During robotic teleoperation, the dynamics of the master manipulators and the control of remote-side instruments impose challenges on the motor system of the human operator, and may impact performance and learning. In teleoperated robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, there is a clear correlati…