Some control-related issues in mini-robotics for endoluminal surgery.
This paper introduces some issues related to the development of robotics for endoluminal surgery from control point of view. Endoluminal surgery are incisionless procedures performed through natural orifices within the natural pathways. New devices are then required to achieve these new surgical procedures. Besides the development of new devices, control issues arise in both technological and theoretical aspects. The paper presents some of them and we propose a teleoperation architecture that has already been tested for needle insertion that could be used for teleoperated endoluminal surgery especially for instance for biopsies or anastomoses.
Poignet
Philippe
P
LIRMM, UMR 5506, Univ. Montpellier 2-CNRS, 161 Rue Ada, 34392 Montpellier, France. poignet@lirmm.fr
Chemori
Ahmed
A
Zemiti
Nabil
N
Liu
Chao
C
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*