Shape sensing techniques for continuum robots in minimally invasive surgery: A survey

C Shi, X Luo, P Qi, T Li, S Song… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuum robots provide inherent structural compliance with high dexterity to access the
surgical target sites along tortuous anatomical paths under constrained environments and …

Challenges of continuum robots in clinical context: a review

T da Veiga, JH Chandler, P Lloyd… - Progress in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
With the maturity of surgical robotic systems based on traditional rigid-link principles, the rate
of progress slowed as limits of size and controllable degrees of freedom were reached …

Kinematic comparison of surgical tendon-driven manipulators and concentric tube manipulators

Z Li, L Wu, H Ren, H Yu - Mechanism and machine theory, 2017 - Elsevier
Robot manipulators are increasingly used in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). They are
required to have small size, wide workspace, adequate dexterity and payload ability when …

Research progress and development trend of surgical robot and surgical instrument arm

W Zhang, H Li, L Cui, H Li, X Zhang… - … Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background In recent years, surgical robots have become an indispensable part of the
medical field. Surgical robots are increasingly being used in the areas of gynaecological …

A modular, multi-arm concentric tube robot system with application to transnasal surgery for orbital tumors

TL Bruns, AA Remirez, MA Emerson… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In the development of telemanipulated surgical robots, a class of continuum robots known as
concentric tube robots has drawn particular interest for clinical applications in which space is …

Development of a novel continuum robotic system for maxillary sinus surgery

W Hong, L Xie, J Liu, Y Sun, K Li… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lesions in the maxillary sinus area are usually treated with endoscopic interventional
surgery. However, target lesions are often hardly accessible with conventional surgical tools …

Dynamic active constraints for surgical robots using vector-field inequalities

MM Marinho, BV Adorno, K Harada… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic assistance allows surgeons to perform dexterous and tremor-free procedures, but
robotic aid is still under-represented in procedures with constrained workspaces, such as …

A robotic system with multichannel flexible parallel manipulators for single port access surgery

C Li, X Gu, X Xiao, CM Lim… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted single port access surgery (SPAS) brings significant benefits to the patients.
However, it is challenging due to the limited incision size and requirements in precision …

Ultrasound guidance in minimally invasive robotic procedures

M Antico, F Sasazawa, L Wu, A Jaiprakash… - Medical image …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past decade, medical robotics has gained significant traction within the surgical field.
While the introduction of fully autonomous robotic systems for surgical procedures still …

Sensing of continuum robots: A review

PJ Sincak, E Prada, Ľ Miková, R Mykhailyshyn… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The field of continuum robotics is rapidly developing. The development of new kinematic
structures, locomotion principles and control strategies is driving the development of new …