ArticleInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2023
Design and path tracking control of a continuum robot for maxillary sinus surgery.
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Abstract
purposeContinuum robots (CRs) have been developed for maxillary sinus surgery (MSS) in recent years. However, due to the anatomically curved and narrow pathway of the maxillary sinus and the deformable characteristics of the CR, it is still a challenge to accurately approach the target in the sinus. Thus, the CR-assisted MSS demands further research, whether in robotic system design or in reliable motion control.
methodsA continuum robotic system integrated with essential instruments and sensors for MSS is developed, and the path tracking control of the designed CR is studied. The differential kinematic model of the CR is constructed. By analyzing the potential problem of the traditional Jacobian-based control, an iterative Jacobian transpose-based closed-loop control method is proposed to improve the path tracking performance. To validate the design of the CR and the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme, different groups of experiments are performed.
resultsWith the proposed method, the path tracking performance of the CR is improved. Compared with the open-loop Jacobian transpose-based control method, the path tracking error of the proposed method is much less. The maxillary sinus phantom tests are conducted to verify the reachability of the designed CR. Given the reference path from the nostril to the target in the maxillary sinus phantom, experiments show a mean error of 0.96 mm.
conclusionsThe designed CR is slender, flexible, and able to smoothly approach the target in a tortuous and constrained environment without colliding with or damaging the surrounding tissue. The designed continuum robotic system and the proposed iterative Jacobian transpose-based closed-loop control strategy have great potential for MSS. The limitations of the proposed method are also discussed.
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