Title :
Tactile sensing for telesurgery
Author_Institution :
Mechatronics in Med. Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
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;
Conference_Titel :
Towards Telesurgery, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19950858
