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Haptic feedback can render real-time force interactions with computer simulated objects. In several telerobotic applications, it is desired that a haptic simulation reflects a physical task space or interaction accurately. This is particularly true when excessive applied force can result in disastrous consequences, as with the case of robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) and tissue damage. Since force cannot be directly measured in RMIS, non-contact methods are desired. A promising direction of non-contact force estimation involves the primary use of vision sensors to estimate deformation. However, the required fidelity of non-contact force rendering of deformable interaction to maintain surgical operator performance is not well established. This work attempts to empirically evaluate the degree to which haptic feedback may deviate from ground truth yet result in acceptable teleoperated performance in a simulated RMIS-based palpation task. A preliminary user-study is conducted to verify the utility of the simulation platform, and the results of this work have implications in haptic feedback for RMIS and inform guidelines for vision-based tool-tissue force estimation. An adaptive thresholding method is used to collect the minimum and maximum tolerable errors in force orientation and magnitude of presented haptic feedback to maintain sufficient performance.
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Towards a ROS-based Modular Multi-Modality Haptic Feedback System for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Assessments
Current commercially available robotic minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) platforms provide no haptic feedback of tool interactions with the surgical environment. As a consequence, novice robotic surgeons must rely exclusively on visual feedback to sense their physical interactions with the surgical environment. This technical limitation can make it challenging and time-consuming to train novice surgeons to proficiency in RMIS. Extensive prior research has demonstrated that incorporating haptic feedback is effective at improving surgical training task performance. However, few studies have investigated the utility of providing feedback of multiple modalities of haptic feedback simultaneously (multi-modality haptic feedback) in this context, and these studies have presented mixed results regarding its efficacy. Furthermore, the inability to generalize and compare these mixed results has limited our ability to understand why they can vary significantly between studies. Therefore, we have developed a generalized, modular multi-modality haptic feedback and data acquisition framework leveraging the real-time data acquisition and streaming capabilities of the Robot Operating System (ROS). In our preliminary study using this system, participants complete a peg transfer task using a da Vinci robot while receiving haptic feedback of applied forces, contact accelerations, or both via custom wrist-worn haptic devices. Results highlight the capability of our system in running systematic comparisons between various single and dual-modality haptic feedback approaches.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1852155
- PAR ID:
- 10357399
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- Journal Name:
- International Symposium on Medical Robotics
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- 1 to 7
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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