Experimental evaluation of magnified haptic feedback for robot-assisted needle insertion and palpation.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Haptic feedback has been proven to play a key role in enhancing the performance of teleoperated medical procedures. However, due to safety issues, commercially-available medical robots do not currently provide the clinician with haptic feedback.

Authors

  • Leonardo Meli
    Dept. of Advanced Robotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
  • Claudio Pacchierotti
  • Domenico Prattichizzo