A miniature microsurgical instrument tip force sensor for enhanced force feedback during robot-assisted manipulation

نویسندگان

  • Peter J. Berkelman
  • Louis L. Whitcomb
  • Russell H. Taylor
  • Patrick S. Jensen
چکیده

This paper reports the development of a new miniature force sensor designed to measure contact forces at the tip of a microsurgical instrument in three dimensions, and its application to scaled force feedback using a cooperatively manipulated microsurgical assistant robot. The principal features of the sensor are its small size of 12.5 mm in diameter and 15 mm in height, a novel configuration of flexure beams and strain gauges in order to measure forces isotropically at the instrument tip 40 mm from the sensor body, and sub-mN three-axis force-sensing resolution.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IEEE Trans. Robotics and Automation

دوره 19  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003