Masterslave manipulator for laparoscopic surgery using a 6-axis vertical articulated robot
Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive surgery that accelerates postoperative recovery, but it can only be performed by surgeons with advanced surgical skills. One of the main difficulties in laparoscopic surgery is restriction of free motion of the forceps because of limited degrees of freedom by the trocar. Recently, many masterslave manipulators with a remote center-of-motion mechanism have been used in laparoscopic surgery to solve this problem.
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