Development of Simulator for Robot Assisted Surgical Platform for Cholecystectomy Training

The surgical robots have gained a great interest of researchers and their use has been rapidly expanding over the last decade or so. However, the presence of such systems in developing countries is still limited due to high costs and lack of research and development. Another reason for unavailability of these systems in developing countries is stringent surgeon training requirements. Therefore, simulations are designed and conducted under the umbrella of surgical robotics to ease the training for surgeons. This research is envisioned to pave a way for realization of a local resource(s) as well as serve as harbinger for further development in the area of robotic surgery. In this article, we have presented a simulator for robot assisted surgical platform for minimal invasive robot-assisted surgery for leaning purpose. The results show highly efficient and reliable system, that is semi-autonomous. This system can be extended to be used in real-time environment under trained supervision for remote surgical procedures.