Hall Effect-Based Tactile Force Detection Sensor for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
We present a compact force sensor with three, millimeter scale sensing elements (taxels) that can be affixed to the grasping face of a robotic surgical tool.
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Key points
- Robotic minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized surgical practice.
- The sensor features a miniaturized design using Hall effect sensors and magnets embedded in a deformable elastomer contact layer.
- The calibrated sensor was validated on phantom and ex vivo porcine tissue, demonstrating tactile sensing during retraction as well as slip.
- This work introduces a small-scale Hall effect based tactile sensor, enabling sensing for force-sensitive robotic surgical applications.
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- [1]Hall Effect-Based Tactile Force Detection Sensor for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive SurgeryarXiv (AI, ML, NLP, CV, robotics, multi-agent) · Oct 7, 04:24 PM
We present a compact force sensor with three, millimeter scale sensing elements (taxels) that can be affixed to the grasping face of a robotic surgical tool.
Robotic minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized surgical practice.
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