At last robots with a sense of touch

Mols, B.

At last robots with a sense of touch

Title

At last robots with a sense of touch

Author

Mols, B.

Contributor

Van der Linde, R.
Christiansson, G.
Fritz, E.
Schiele, A.

Faculty

Delft University of Technology

Date

2004

Abstract

For a number of years surgeons have been using robotic arms to carry out precision operations. These technical appendages can operate without any tremors, and according to the manufacturers, they off er up to ten times the precision of the human hand. The downside is that surgeons using robot arms cannot feel what they are doing. Until now,that is. Countless research groups are looking into the possibilities of force feedback, i.e. transmitting the reaction force acting on the robot arm back to the surgeon. A lot of progress has already been made with soft structures, but hard structures remained a problem. Researchers at TU Delft have succeeded in building a fi rst prototype that can grasp both hard and soft structures while enabling the remotely operating surgeon to really feel what he is doing.

Subject

robotic arm
operation

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Publisher

Delft University of Technology

ISSN

0926-7212

Source

Delft Outlook, 2004, 4

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