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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Neurorobot.
Volume 18 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2024.1451055

Flexible Control and Trajectory Planning of Medical Two-Arm Surgical Robot

Provisionally accepted
Yanchun Xie Yanchun Xie 1*Xue Zhao Xue Zhao 2*Yang Jiang Yang Jiang 3*Yao Wu Yao Wu 3Hailong Yu Hailong Yu 1*
  • 1 Department of Orthopaedics, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
  • 2 Daniel L. Goodwin College of Business, Benedictine University, Chicago, United States
  • 3 Northeastern University, Shenyang, China

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    This paper introduces the flexible control and trajectory planning medical two-arm surgical robots, and employs effective collision detection methods to ensure the safety and precision during tasks. Firstly, the DH method is employed to establish relative rotation matrices between coordinate systems, determining the relative relationships of each joint link. A neural network based on a multilayer perceptron is proposed to solve FKP problem in real time. Secondly, a universal interpolator based on Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) is developed, capable of handling any geometric shape to ensure smooth and flexible motion trajectories. Finally, we developed a generalized momentum observer to detect external collisions, eliminating the need for external sensors and thereby reducing mechanical complexity and cost. The experiments verify the effectiveness of the kinematics solution and trajectory planning, demonstrating that the improved momentum torque observer can significantly reduce system overshoot, enabling the two-arm surgical robot to perform precise and safe surgical tasks under algorithmic guidance.

    Keywords: Medical two-arm robot, Momentum observer, motion control, trajectory planning, KFP

    Received: 18 Jun 2024; Accepted: 18 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Xie, Zhao, Jiang, Wu and Yu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yanchun Xie, Department of Orthopaedics, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
    Xue Zhao, Daniel L. Goodwin College of Business, Benedictine University, Chicago, United States
    Yang Jiang, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
    Hailong Yu, Department of Orthopaedics, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

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