Gesture-based fine manipulation of a surgical tool, using a kinect and a da Vinci robot equipped with custom software used for non-clinical research purposes only.
Recorded in the mock-OR of the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR), at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Duration : 0:2:56
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Arm fatigue could …
Arm fatigue could quickly become an issue, I suspect.
It appears as though fine motor control of the instrument is achievable. Equally important will be giving the operator a 3D view of the subject. Right now, it’s only the Kinect that sees in 3D (tracking the operator).
This is an amusing …
This is an amusing juxtaposition. An undoubtedly fantastically expensive surgical robot named after one of the most famous scientific minds in history… paired with a device used by millions of people to jump around foolishly in front of their televisions. Very neat.
The patient will be …
The patient will be screwed if someone walks in front of your Kinect.
[…] Pablo, J. (2011). “Gesture-based Surgical Manipulation of a da Vinci Robot using Kinect”. http://robotmaniacs.com/2874/gesture-based-surgical-manipulation-of-a-da-vinci-robot-using-a-kinect/. Cited 20 August […]
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