Identification of Inertial Parameters for Position and Force Control of Surgical Assistance Robots

[EN] Surgeries or rehabilitation exercises are hazardous tasks for a mechanical system, as the device has to interact with parts of the human body without the hands-on experience that the surgeon or physiotherapist acquires over time. For various gynecological laparoscopic surgeries, such as laparos...

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Authors: Zamora-Ortiz, Pau; Carral-Alvaro, Javier; Pulloquinga-Zapata, José; Escarabajal-Sánchez, Rafael José; Valera Fernández, Ángel|||0000-0001-6843-6394; Mata Amela, Vicente|||0000-0003-2255-0567
Format: Article
Publication date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repository:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/186754
Online Access:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/186754
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Inertial parameters
Parameter identification
Assistance robot
Force sensor
Surgery robot
Robot control
INGENIERIA DE SISTEMAS Y AUTOMATICA
INGENIERIA MECANICA
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Summary:[EN] Surgeries or rehabilitation exercises are hazardous tasks for a mechanical system, as the device has to interact with parts of the human body without the hands-on experience that the surgeon or physiotherapist acquires over time. For various gynecological laparoscopic surgeries, such as laparoscopic hysterectomy or laparoscopic pelvic endometriosis, Uterine Manipulators are used. These medical devices allow the uterus to be suitably mobilized. A gap needs to be filled in terms of the precise handling of this type of devices. In this sense, this manuscript first describes the mathematical procedure to identify the inertial parameters of uterine manipulators. These parameters are needed to establish an accurate position and force control for an electromechanical system to assist surgical operations. The method for identifying the mass and the center of mass of the manipulator is based on the solution of the equations for the static equilibrium of rigid solids. Based on the manipulator inertial parameter estimation, the paper shows how the force exerted by the manipulator can be obtained. For this purpose, it solves a matrix system composed of the torques and forces of the manipulator. Different manipulators have been used, and it has been verified that the mathematical procedures proposed in this work allow us to calculate in an accurate and efficient way the force exerted by these manipulators.