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Design of a haptic device with grasp and push–pull force feedback for a master–slave surgical robot

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Abstract

Purpose

We propose a portable haptic device providing grasp (kinesthetic) and push–pull (cutaneous) sensations for optical-motion-capture master interfaces.

Methods

Although optical-motion-capture master interfaces for surgical robot systems can overcome the stiffness, friction, and coupling problems of mechanical master interfaces, it is difficult to add haptic feedback to an optical-motion-capture master interface without constraining the free motion of the operator’s hands. Therefore, we utilized a Bowden cable-driven mechanism to provide the grasp and push–pull sensation while retaining the free hand motion of the optical-motion capture master interface. To evaluate the haptic device, we construct a 2-DOF force sensing/force feedback system. We compare the sensed force and the reproduced force of the haptic device. Finally, a needle insertion test was done to evaluate the performance of the haptic interface in the master–slave system.

Results

The results demonstrate that both the grasp force feedback and the push–pull force feedback provided by the haptic interface closely matched with the sensed forces of the slave robot. We successfully apply our haptic interface in the optical-motion-capture master–slave system. The results of the needle insertion test showed that our haptic feedback can provide more safety than merely visual observation.

Conclusions

We develop a suitable haptic device to produce both kinesthetic grasp force feedback and cutaneous push–pull force feedback. Our future research will include further objective performance evaluations of the optical-motion-capture master–slave robot system with our haptic interface in surgical scenarios.

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This work was supported by the National Cancer Center Grant (NCC-1310290, NCC-1410580).

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cancer Center, 323, Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 410-769, Replublic of Korea

    Zhenkai Hu, Chae-Hyun Yoon, Samuel Byeongjun Park & Yung-Ho Jo

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Hu, Z., Yoon, CH., Park, S.B. et al. Design of a haptic device with grasp and push–pull force feedback for a master–slave surgical robot. Int J CARS 11, 1361–1369 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-015-1324-9

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