ROBOt and sensors integration for computer assisted surgery and therapy (ICT-2007-215190-ROBOCAST)

Author

De Momi, Elena ; Cerveri, Pietro ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo

Author_Institution

Bioeng. Dept., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The goal of the ROBOCAST project is to provide a system for the assistance of keyhole neurosurgery. The system envisages a human-computer interface (HCI), with an intelligent context-sensitive communication and a haptic-drive capability, a multiple-robot chain with redundant degrees of freedom and a hierarchical structure, an intelligent autonomous trajectory planner, a high level controller and a set of field sensors. The achievements of the first year are reported. The idea is being developed into a demonstrator for in vitro experimentation in the operating room (OR).

Keywords

haptic interfaces; human computer interaction; medical computing; medical robotics; multi-robot systems; neurophysiology; surgery; ROBOCAST; computer assisted surgery; computer assisted therapy; haptic-drive capability; human-computer interface; intelligent context-sensitive communication; keyhole neurosurgery; multiple-robot chain; Communication system control; Context; Human computer interaction; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent structures; Medical treatment; Neurosurgery; Robot sensing systems; Surgery;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Robotics, 2009. ICAR 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4855-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-8396-0035-1

Type

conf

Filename

5174751