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Shared-Control Robots

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Part of the book series: Neuromethods ((NM,volume 162))

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This chapter reviews shared-control robots, a class of robotic device in which the surgeon and the robot simultaneously manipulate the surgical tool together. The shared-control approach seeks to exploit the superior aspects of humans and machines, to enable more precise interventions while ensuring the human surgeon retains executive control. Much of the technology discussed in this chapter is emerging research and many of the described systems have been developed for generic microsurgical interventions. Nonetheless, the broad concepts behind these surgical systems are highly applicable to neurosurgery and particularly to microsurgical procedures. We start by presenting an exemplar of a grounded, shared-control robot: the Steady-Hand system. We then review a series of handheld smart surgical devices, including Micron, a handheld tremor cancellation device. This chapter also presents handheld devices capable of augmenting haptic feedback to surgeons performing delicate neurosurgical tasks, image-guided handheld devices with embedded robotic actuation, and a new generation of handheld microscopic imaging devices for visualizing tumors.

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  1. John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Christopher J. Payne

  2. Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Khushi Vyas, Daniel Bautista-Salinas & Dandan Zhang

  3. The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK

    Hani J. Marcus

  4. Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Guang-Zhong Yang

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Payne, C.J., Vyas, K., Bautista-Salinas, D., Zhang, D., Marcus, H.J., Yang, GZ. (2021). Shared-Control Robots. In: Marcus, H.J., Payne, C.J. (eds) Neurosurgical Robotics. Neuromethods, vol 162. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0993-4_4

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