Design and Performance Verification of a Novel RCM Mechanism for a Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot

Minimally invasive surgical robots have the advantages of high positioning accuracy, good stability, and flexible operation, which can effectively improve the quality of surgery and reduce the difficulty for doctors to operate. However, in order to realize the translation of the existing RCM mechanism, it is often necessary to add a mobile unit, which is often bulky and occupies most space above the patient’s body, thus causing interference to the operation. In this paper, a new type of planar RCM mechanism is proposed. Based on this mechanism, a 3-DOF robotic arm is designed, which can complete the required motion for surgery without adding a mobile unit. In this paper, the geometric model of the mechanism is first introduced, and the RCM point of the mechanism is proven during the motion process. Then, based on the establishment of the geometric model of the mechanism, a kinematics analysis of the mechanism is carried out. The singularity, the Jacobian matrix, and the kinematic performance of the mechanism are analyzed, and the working space of the mechanism is verified according to the kinematic equations. Finally, a prototype of the RCM mechanism was built, and its functionality was tested using a master–slave control strategy..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Sensors - 23(2023), 4, p 2361

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu Shi [VerfasserIn]
Zhixin Liang [VerfasserIn]
Boyang Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Haitao Wang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemical technology
Master–slave control
Minimally invasive surgery
Planar mechanism
Remote center of motion
Robot

doi:

10.3390/s23042361

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ079977278