Design and experimental evaluation of an innovative SMA-based tendon-driven redundant endoscopic robotic surgical tool

P. Giataganas, N. Evangeliou, Y. Koveos, E. Kelasidi, A. Tzes

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Abstract

The development and experimental evaluation of a prototype endoscopic robotic surgical tool is presented in this article. Smart memory alloys (SMA) are used as wires in a tendon-driven actuation mechanism. The 2N-DOF redundant manipulator is a cascade configuration of N-universal joint modules. The kinematics of the tool is analyzed and simple yet effective controllers relying on a constrained non-linear optimization problem are offered. The surgical tool's shape can be deformed according to a predefined profile leading to more versatile configurations than the existing designs. The efficiency of the overall system is investigated in experimental studies where its performance is evaluated by a customized 3D-video system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011
Pages1071-1075
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011 - Corfu, Greece
Duration: Jun 20 2011Jun 23 2011

Publication series

Name2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011

Other

Other2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityCorfu
Period6/20/116/23/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering

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