Prototype Model of Robotic Arm using telemetry for Surgery

Bandra, (West), Mumbai -400050. ABSTRACT Now-a-days, robots are being used to perform surgery. The main advantages they provide are precision, miniaturization, smaller incisions, decreased blood loss, less pain, and quicker healing time. Robotic assistance decreases the fatigue that doctors experience during surgeries that can last several hours. Telesurgery is the ability for a doctor to perform surgery on a patient even though they are not physically in the same location. The paper deals with design and development of a prototype model of a basic robotic arm for telesurgery in remote locations. The movement of the user's arm along with haptic technology is used to control the movements of the robotic arm. The processing of the raw data from the potentiometric sensors attached to the hand was carried out by microcontroller. The telemetry system comprised of a RF transmitter and receiver were used for sending and receiving the data. General terms—Robotic Arm, Haptics, Telesurgery.

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