Advances in Haptics, Tactile Sensing, and Manipulation for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery, Noninvasive Surgery, and Diagnosis
Figure 1
(a) Surgeon operating da Vinci system (by Intuitive Surgical Inc.) for telesurgery. (b) Endowrist is a feature of the robotic system, with multi-DOF at its end effectors. The robotic system provides high dexterity, hand-tremor cancellation, and three-dimensional views for the endoscopic surgery [4].