ArticleIEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2021
Bio-Inspired Haptic Feedback for Artificial Palpation in Robotic Surgery.
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- Tactile Feedback in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2024Pooled it
- The benefits of haptic feedback in robot assisted surgery and their moderators: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Global research trends and thematic evolution of haptic feedback and force sensing in robot-assisted urologic surgery: a bibliometric and visualization study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
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- Design of a miniature sensing module for pressure mapping in functionality hydrogel using programmable system-on-chip.HardwareX · 2026Article
- Haptic and Palpation Sensing for Robotic Surgery: Engineering Perspectives on Design and Integration.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Robot-Assisted Surgical Technology in Plastic Surgery: Evolution, Clinical Applications, and Future Perspectives.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Review
- Palpation sensing for robotic-assisted surgery.Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Artificial intelligence assisted simulation and surgical video analytics for ophthalmic surgery training and competence development.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- The evolution of surgical precision: addressing and advancing the hardware of robotic end-effectors.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Review
- Role of haptic feedback technologies and novel engineering developments for surgical training and robot-assisted surgery.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Review
- Tissue-probe contact assessment during robotic surgery using single-fiber reflectance spectroscopy.Biomedical optics express · 2024Article
- Robotic-assisted genitourinary reconstruction: current state and future directions.Therapeutic advances in urologyReview
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Abstract
Adding haptic feedback has been reported to improve the outcome of minimally invasive robotic surgery. In this study, we seek to determine whether an algorithm based on simulating responses of a cutaneous afferent population can be implemented to improve the performance of presenting haptic feedback for robot-assisted surgery. We propose a bio-inspired controlling model to present vibration and force feedback to help surgeons localize underlying structures in phantom tissue. A single pair of actuators was controlled by outputs of a model of a population of cutaneous afferents based on the pressure signal from a single sensor embedded in surgical forceps. We recruited 25 subjects including 10 expert surgeons to evaluate the performance of the bio-inspired controlling model in an artificial palpation task using the da Vinci surgical robot. Among the control methods tested, the bio-inspired system was unique in allowing both novices and experts to easily identify the locations of all classes of tumors and did so with reduced contact force and tumor contact time. This work demonstrates the utility of our bio-inspired multi-modal feedback system, which resulted in superior performance for both novice and professional users, in comparison to a traditional linear and the existing piecewise discrete algorithms of haptic feedback.
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