Title :
Dexterity enhancement in microsurgery using a motion-scaling system and microgripper
Author :
Ku, S. ; Salcudean, S.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
The design of a six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) motion-scaling system for microsurgery has been presented by Salcudean et al. (1994). This paper addresses issues concerning microsurgery experiments and presents the design of a remotely controlled microgripper
Keywords :
manipulators; motion control; surgery; telerobotics; 6-DOF motion-scaling system; dexterity enhancement; dexterous manipulator; microgripper; microsurgery; remote control; telerobotics; Clamps; Fatigue; Force sensors; Grippers; Magnetic levitation; Master-slave; Microsurgery; Sensor systems; Surgery; Surges;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2559-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1995.537737
