Because of the increasing use of laparoscopic surgeries, robotic technologies have been
developed to overcome the challenges these surgeries impose on surgeons. This paper …

Background Despite its high lesion accessibility and versatility, endoscopic platforms have
suffered from designing flexible manipulators with high payload capability sufficient to …

Acupuncture is gaining increasing attention and recognition all over the world. However, a
lot of physical labor is paid by acupuncturists. It is natural to resort to a robot which can …

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Robotic arm with five-bar spherical linkage - Google Patents Robotic arm with five-bar spherical …

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Schena 8,167,872 B2 5, 2012 Schena 8,167.873 B2 5, 2012 Schena 2003, OO23346 A1 …

The rehabilitation of patients should not only be limited to the first phases during intense
hospital care but also support and therapy should be guaranteed in later stages, especially …

Compared with traditional open surgery, minimally invasive surgical procedures reduce
patient trauma and recovery time, but the dexterity of the surgeon in laparoscopic surgery is …

In teleoperated, minimally invasive surgery systems, the measurement and conveyance of a
sense of force to the operator is problematic. In order to carry out safer and more precise …

A teleoperated surgical robotic system allows surgical procedures to be conducted across
long distances while utilizing wired and wireless communication with a wide spectrum of …

In minimally invasive telesurgical systems, displaying the forces measured at the slave side
is an important issue. The ability to accurately feel the force being applied at the slave side is …