Autonomy is the next frontier of research in robotic surgery and its aim is to improve the quality of surgical procedures in the next future.

One fundamental requirement for autonomy is advanced perception capability through vision sensors.

In this article, we propose a novel calibration technique for a surgical scenario with a da Vinci® Research Kit (dVRK) robot. Camera and robotic arms calibration are necessary to precise position and emulate expert surgeons. The novel calibration technique is tailored for RGB-D cameras.

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2020 – International Conference on Automation, Control and Robots (ICACR)

ICACR 2020 is the4th International Conference on Automation, Control and Robots held in Fully Virtual style during October 11 – 13, 2020.

SARAS PROJECT CONTRIBUTION

Keynote lecture: Autonomy and cooperation in surgical robotics application related issues

Speaker: Alícia Casals Gelpí

Professor of the Automatic Control Department at Technical University of Catalonia.
Head of the Robotics and Vision Division of the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (CREB).
Associate researcher of the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia.

ICACR 2020 Conference Proceedings (ISBN: 978-1-7281-9207-9)
Online in IEEE Xplore

For information and application visit the official web site of ICACR 2020