Pre-Clinical Validation of Robotic Scrub Technician
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to develop a robotic scrub technician for use in the surgical operating room. The robot consists of a computer connected to a voice recognition system, a digital camera and a mechanical arm with a gripper to handle surgical instruments. When the surgeon verbally requests an instrument, the mechanical arm delivers that instrument to the surgeon's hand. The robot uses machine-vision via the digital camera to locate and identify surgical instruments so that they can be properly retrieved from the surgical field. The scope of this work is to achieve specific technical goals relating to the robotic machine-vision system, the hardware of the system and the overall integration and validation testing of the system. We have achieved the software development goals relating to the machine-vision system, and the hardware design and construction goals. We have begun the overall system validation process but it is not complete at this time. This work is significant because it contributed to the attainment of a clinically useful robotic scrub technician system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA450682
Entities
People
- Michael R. Treat