title: [An overview of robot-assisted percutaneous surgery systems].
abstract: This paper introduces a new robot-assisted percutaneous surgery system, its structure and the functions of each subsystems. In addition, a discussion about some foreign systems is made and the technical developing trend of robot-assisted percutaneous surgery systems is given.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Robots, Harbin Polytechnic College, Harbin 150001.
authors.forename: Zhi-Jiang
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Wen-Wen
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Xiu
mesh_terms: D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*