Sharing the control of a robotic system with an autonomous controller allows a human to
reduce his/her cognitive and physical workload during the execution of a task. In recent …

Robotic-assisted surgery is now well established in clinical practice and has become the
gold-standard clinical treatment option for several clinical indications. The field of robotic …

An improved human-robot collaborative control scheme is proposed in a teleoperated
minimally invasive surgery scenario, based on a hierarchical operational space formulation …

Automation has the potential to improve the standard of care but is difficult to realize due to
perceptual challenges, especially in soft-tissue surgery. Machine learning can provide …

In teleoperated surgery, the transmission of force feedback from the remote environment to
the surgeon at the local site requires the availability of reliable force information in the …

While the traditional control of surgical robots relies on fully manual teleoperations, human-
robot collaborative systems promise to address issues such as workspace constrains and …

This article reviews recent work on surgical robots that have been used or tested in vivo,
focusing on aspects related to human–robot interaction. We present the general design …

Objective: Virtual Reality (VR) simulators represent a remarkable educational opportunity in
order to acquire and refine surgical practical skills. Nevertheless, there exists no consensus …

Context As robot-assisted surgery is increasingly used in surgical care, the engineering
research effort towards surgical automation has also increased significantly. Automation …

The design of a physics-based dynamic simulator of a robot requires to properly integrate
the robot kinematic and dynamic properties in a virtual environment. Naturally, the closer is …