Khoa T Dang, Carter Hatch, Peter Connor, Stephen Qiu, Tony Qin, Ron Alterovitz, Robert J Webster, Caleb Rucker
{"title":"Stiff yet Bendy: Tubular Transmissions for Driving Surgical Robots through Flexible Endoscopes.","authors":"Khoa T Dang, Carter Hatch, Peter Connor, Stephen Qiu, Tony Qin, Ron Alterovitz, Robert J Webster, Caleb Rucker","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x24500053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x24500053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Concentric push-pull robots delivered through flexible endoscopes work best if their laser-cut transmission tubes have high axial stiffness, high torsional stiffness, and low bending stiffness. This paper simultaneously addresses all three output stiffness values in the transmission design problem, explicitly considering axial stiffness, whereas prior work on laser-cut tube design has focused on the bending/torsional stiffness ratio. We demonstrate an inherent trade-off present in existing laser-cut patterns: it is difficult to simultaneously achieve high axial stiffness and low bending stiffness because these properties are very tightly correlated. To break this correlation and design all three stiffness independently, we propose a new type of laser material removal pattern that leverages local stiffness asymmetry ( <math><mi>E</mi> <msub><mrow><mi>I</mi></mrow> <mrow><mi>x</mi></mrow> </msub> <mo>≠</mo> <mi>E</mi> <msub><mrow><mi>I</mi></mrow> <mrow><mi>y</mi></mrow> </msub> </math> ) in discrete bending segments separated by segments of solid tube. These discrete asymmetric segments are then rifled down the tube to achieve global stiffness symmetry. We parameterize the design and provide a study of the properties through finite-element analysis. We also consider the effect of interference between the tubes when the discrete segments are not aligned. Results show that our discrete asymmetric segment concept can achieve high axial stiffness and torsional stiffness better than previously suggested laser patterns while maintaining equally low bending stiffness. We also experimentally validated the proposed design's properties and actuation performance with professionally manufactured prototype Nitinol tubes for use in an endoscopic robot system.</p>","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"10 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12376780/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144981412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xihan Ma, Xiao Zhang, Yang Wang, Christopher J Nycz, Arno Sungarian, Songbai Ji, Xinming Huang, Haichong K Zhang
{"title":"Cross-Modality Registration using Bone Surface Pointcloud for Robotic Ultrasound-Guided Spine Surgery.","authors":"Xihan Ma, Xiao Zhang, Yang Wang, Christopher J Nycz, Arno Sungarian, Songbai Ji, Xinming Huang, Haichong K Zhang","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x25400045","DOIUrl":"10.1142/s2424905x25400045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Image guidance using preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and intraoperative ultrasound (US) can improve the outcome of spine surgery. Employing a robotic US system (RUSS) allows the automated acquisition of large 3D US volumes, facilitating accurate registration. However, such registration remains challenging due to the cross-modality discrepancy. To address this issue, we present a pipeline that extracts spine pointclouds from MRI and 3D US to perform per-vertebra registration. Experiments showed a registration accuracy of 1.82 mm in terms of residual root mean square error and 7.02 mm in terms of Chamfer distance. The pipeline exhibits superior robustness to suboptimal initial conditions compared with the two baseline methods. It also demonstrated good time efficiency under real-time conditions, demonstrating the potential applicability in RUSS-guided spine surgeries.</p>","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"10 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12273864/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robotic Assistance and Haptic Feedback in Arthroscopic Procedures: Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Two-Arm System","authors":"Teng Li, Armin Badre, Mahdi Tavakoli","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x24500041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x24500041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"24 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140965195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Prokhorenko, Denis Mishchenkov, Daniil Klimov, Yuri Poduraev
{"title":"Closed-form kinematics solutions for redundant medical robots with joint limits and singularity avoidance","authors":"L. Prokhorenko, Denis Mishchenkov, Daniil Klimov, Yuri Poduraev","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x2450003x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x2450003x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"52 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140965796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative Analysis of Peltier Devices and Flexible Heater Strips for Enhancing Bandwidth in Thermo-Active Soft Actuators","authors":"Trevor Exley, Daniel Johnson, Amir Jafari","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x24500028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x24500028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"2 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140961955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Ioannides, A. Antoniou, Vasiliki Zinonos, C. Damianou
{"title":"Development and preliminary evaluation of a robotic device for MRI-guided needle breast biopsy","authors":"C. Ioannides, A. Antoniou, Vasiliki Zinonos, C. Damianou","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x24500016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x24500016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"15 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140716202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Boshen Qi, Hengjie Chen, J. Langley, Behnam Badie, Xiaoping Hu, Jun Sheng
{"title":"An MRI-Conditional Flexible Endoscopic Robot with a Hydraulic Tendon-Driven Actuation System","authors":"Boshen Qi, Hengjie Chen, J. Langley, Behnam Badie, Xiaoping Hu, Jun Sheng","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x24400038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x24400038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"30 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139960491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing gait asymmetry in transfemoral amputees - A neural network based approach","authors":"Zunaed Kibria, Bhanu Prasad Kotamraju, S. Commuri","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x24400026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x24400026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"32 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139962115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soukaina Hamou, Mustapha Moufassih, Ousama Tarahi, Said Agounad, Hafida Idrissi Azami, Anas Mazid
{"title":"Comprehensive review of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces for controlling robotic arms","authors":"Soukaina Hamou, Mustapha Moufassih, Ousama Tarahi, Said Agounad, Hafida Idrissi Azami, Anas Mazid","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x24300012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x24300012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"38 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139961699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Regine Buter, John J. Han, Ayberk Acar, Yizhou Li, Paola Ruiz Puentes, R. Soberanis-Mukul, Iris Gupta, Joyraj Bhowmick, Ahmed Ghazi, Andreas Maier, Mathias Unberath, Jie Ying Wu
{"title":"Improving the Temporal Accuracy of Eye Gaze Tracking for the da Vinci Surgical System Through Automatic Detection of Decalibration Events and Recalibration","authors":"Regine Buter, John J. Han, Ayberk Acar, Yizhou Li, Paola Ruiz Puentes, R. Soberanis-Mukul, Iris Gupta, Joyraj Bhowmick, Ahmed Ghazi, Andreas Maier, Mathias Unberath, Jie Ying Wu","doi":"10.1142/s2424905x24400014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424905x24400014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical robotics research","volume":"83 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139593590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}