Design and Implementation of a Haptic Device for Training in Urological Operations

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 801-809

  Vlachos, Kostas ^a   Papadopoulos, Evangelos ^a   Mitropoulos, Dionissios N ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Force feedback; Haptic devices; Training medical simulators; Urological operations

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK; KINEMATICS; UROLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HAPTIC DEVICES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0142258221     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2003.817064     Document Type: Article

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