Abstract: Surgical robots create computer mediated, telepresence interaction with
a remote operative area. This opens the door to numerous capabilities
including remote teleoperation, and computer guidance via haptic
tactile overlays, i.e., virtual fixtures. Also, since this is a very
new (<2 decades) field, there are few established standards in
telesurgery with divergent technologies. This talk presents my ongoing
research at the UW BioRobotics Laboratory in telepresence surgery. I
will discuss past experiments in remote telesurgery and telerobotic
interoperability. Also, I will give details of the recently completed
Raven II research surgical robot which is now in use by research groups
around the U.S. and describe some of the research being done with the
system at the UW.
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