Accelerating surgical robotics research: A review of 10 years with the da vinci research kit

C D'Ettorre, A Mariani, A Stilli… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Neuromorphic eye-in-hand visual servoing

R Muthusamy, A Ayyad, M Halwani, D Swart… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic vision plays a major role in factory automation to service robot applications.
However, the traditional use of frame-based cameras sets a limitation on continuous visual …

Towards exoscope automation in neurosurgery: A markerless visual-servoing approach

E Iovene, A Casella, AV Iordache, J Fu… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Exoscopes are a promising tool for neurosurgeons, offering improved visualisation and
ergonomics compared with traditional surgical microscopes. They consist of an external …

Autonomous endoscope control algorithm with visibility and joint limits avoidance constraints for da vinci research kit robot

R Moccia, F Ficuciello - 2023 IEEE International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel autonomous endoscope control method for the dVRK's
Endoscopic Camera Manipulator (ECM), which allows the camera to track the surgical …

An uncalibrated image-based visual servo strategy for robust navigation in autonomous intravitreal injection

X He, H Luo, Y Feng, X Wu, Y Diao - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Autonomous intravitreal injection in ophthalmology is a challenging surgical task as
accurate depth measurement is difficult due to the individual differences in the patient's eye …

Hybrid Tracking Module for Real-Time Tool Tracking for an Autonomous Exoscope

E Iovene, D Cattaneo, J Fu, G Ferrigno… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Exoscopes have emerged as a promising visual solution within the field of
microneurosurgery. However, manual repositioning poses a challenge causing interruptions …

ViKi-HyCo: A Hybrid-Control approach for complex car-like maneuvers

EP Velasco-Sánchez, MÁM Bañón, FA Candelas… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While Visual Servoing is deeply studied to perform simple maneuvers, the literature does not
commonly address complex cases where the target is far out of the camera's field of view …

Reducing Workload during Brain Surgery with Robot-Assisted Autonomous Exoscope

E Iovene, A Casella, J Fu, F Pessina… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a position-based visual-servoing control approach is introduced for a robotic
camera holder to improve ergonomics and reduce mental stress during brain surgery. The …

A dual-instrument Kalman-based tracker to enhance robustness of microsurgical tools tracking

M Magro, N Covallero, E Gambaro, E Ruffaldi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose: The integration of a surgical robotic instrument tracking module within optical
microscopes holds the potential to advance microsurgery practices, as it facilitates …

Predicting the timing of camera movements from the kinematics of instruments in robotic-assisted surgery using artificial neural networks

H Kossowsky, I Nisky - IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic surgeries offer many benefits, however do not allow for simultaneous control of the
endoscopic camera and the surgical instruments. This leads to frequent interruptions as …