"Researcher Thijs Meenink et al. at TU/e has developed a smart eye-surgery robot that allows eye surgeons to operate with increased ease and greater precision on the retina and the vitreous humor of the eye." It consists of a custom developed dual-joysticked master unit (from Ron Hendrix) and a two-armed "slave" robotic module. Basic features include:
- Tremor filtering
- 1:10 motion scaling
- Haptic feedback
- RCM mechanism
- Tools of a diameter of 0.5 millimeter (forceps, scissors and drains)
- Fast instrument changing
Source: TU/e, Gizmag
Ed.: Since I've know Thijs for a while, more details to come soon.
3 comments:
Oh nice Eye surgery system from Univ. Eindhoven, as I am also eye patient, my eye sight is very weak and I am finding best eye care treatment. As I want to know more about this eye surgical treatment so include more details on your article.
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