Purpose The scope of the work is to present the state of the art of robotically assisted
surgical systems and to give a general idea about how technology can help today and …

Minimally invasive surgery has been one of the most significant evolutions in medicine. In
this approach, the surgeon inserts specially-designed instruments through a small incision …

In robotic‐assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS), non‐sentient surgical instruments
make it impossible for surgeons to perceive operational force during the procedure. To …

Robot-assisted surgery is a multidisciplinary research field, which includes many subjects
(eg, medicine and surgery, engineering, mechanics, electronics, computer science, physics …

The goal of this study was to propose and validate a control framework with level-2
autonomy (task autonomy) for the control of flexible ablation catheters. To this end, a …

Sensing the interaction force in robot-assisted manipulation draws lots of attentions in
related research fields. In order to protect the manipulation objects and to build the real-time …

This paper presents a clamping force sensor based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) to provide
interaction force feedback for laparoscopic surgery. The proposed sensor mainly consists of …

Bio-mechatronics is an interdisciplinary scientific field that emphasizes the integration of
biology and mechatronics to discover innovative solutions for numerous biomedical …

Soft robots typically exhibit large deformation that makes integrating rigid sensors
cumbersome. Especially for soft surgical robots, direct sensor-based feedback is required. In …

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is commonly used in some robotic-assisted surgery (RAS)
systems. However, many RAS lack the strength and tactile sensation of surgical tools …