by Keyword: Surgical Robots
Casals, A., (2010). Human – Robot cooperation techniques in surgery ICINCO 2010 
7th International conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics , Springer (Madeira, Portugal) , 1-4
The growth of robotics in the surgical field is consequence of the progress in all its related areas, as: perception, instrumentation, actuators, materials, computers, and so. However, the lack of intelligence of current robots makes teleoperation an essential means for robotizing the Operating Room (OR), helping in the improvement of surgical procedures and making the best of the human-robot couple, as it already happens in other robotic application fields. The assistance a teleoperated system can provide is the result of the control strategies that can combine the high performance of computers with the surgeon knowledge, expertise and will. In this lecture, an overview of teleoperation techniques and operating modes suitable in the OR is presented, considering different cooperation levels. A special emphasis will be put on the selection of the most adequate interfaces currently available, able to operate in such quite special environments.
JTD Keywords: Medical Robotics, Human Robot Interaction, Human Machine Interfaces, Surgical Robots
