The robot assistant system for surgeon in laparoscopic interventions

This paper presents a concept of multi-level control system for minimal invasive surgery (MIS). The overall system is based on the Staubli robot which plays a role of a robotic assistant for surgeons in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The desired movement of the end effector is obtained by a movement of a joystick or commands from the speech recognition system. In this paper, we present experimental results of control of the Staubli RX60 robot which has been used as the robot assistant. The system is named ASYSTANT.