
Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery
The STIFF-FLOP Approach
River Publishers
Published on 30. April 2018
Book
Hardback
418 pages
978-87-93519-72-5 (ISBN)
Description
Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery presents the results of a research project, funded by European Commission, STIFF-FLOP: STIFFness controllable Flexible and Learn-able manipulator for surgical Operations. In Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), tools go through narrow openings and manipulate soft organs that can move, deform, or change stiffness. There are limitations on modern laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical systems due to restricted access through Trocar ports, lack of haptic feedback, and difficulties with rigid robot tools operating inside a confined space filled with organs. Also, many control algorithms suffer from stability problems in the presence of unexpected conditions. Yet biological "manipulators", like the octopus arm can manipulate objects while controlling the stiffness of selected body parts and being inherently compliant when interacting with objects. STIFF-FLOP robot is an innovative soft robotic arm that can squeeze through a standard MIS, reconfigure itself and stiffen by hydrostatic actuation to perform compliant force control tasks while facing unexpected situations. Technical topics discussed in the book include:Soft actuatorsContinuum soft manipulatorsControl, kinematics and navigation of continuum manipulatorsOptical sensors for force, torque, and curvatureHaptic feedback and human interface for surgical systemsValidation of soft stiffness controllable robots
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Language
English
Place of publication
Gistrup
Denmark
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
790 gr
ISBN-13
978-87-93519-72-5 (9788793519725)
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Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery