摘要 |
An articulated surgical instrument for enhancing the performance of minimally invasive surgical procedures is coupled to a positioning mechanism for supporting and moving the surgical instrument. The positioning mechanism mounts to an operating room table. The instrument has a high degree of dexterity, low friction, low inertia and good force reflection and the positioning mechanism provides a large range of motion to the instrument. The system is operated according to a macro-micro actuation scheme which allows for a large range of motion of the surgical end effector and also allows for sensitive force feedback to a master controller by reducing the measured inertia of the slave system. The macro-micro actuation scheme may be used in conjunction with impedance scaling and force scaling between the instrument and the master controller. |