Title
Development of a smart handheld surgical tool with tactile feedback.
Abstract
This paper presents a handheld surgical tool adapting a tactile feedback system. The tool consists of a 3-degree-of-freedom (DOF) force sensor and three tactile displays. The sensor is easily embedded in the tool by adopting the capacitive transduction principle. The sensor measures the direction and magnitude of the 3-DOF force applied to the tool tip. The fingertip grasping the tool is stimulated by the tactile display to transmit the contact force information measured by the sensor. The tactile display is actuated by employing a soft actuator technology based on a dielectric elastomer actuator such as a type of electroactive polymer actuator. In this work, a prototype of the tool is designed and fabricated. Its performance is experimentally validated.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/s11370-016-0214-5
Intelligent Service Robotics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Handheld surgical tool, Capacitive sensor, Tactile display
Force sensor,Simulation,Computer science,Contact force,Capacitive sensing,Electroactive polymers,Tactile display,Mobile device,Tactile sensor,Actuator
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
2
1861-2784
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.38
6
Authors
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Choonghan Lee121.73
Uikyum Kim274.87
Dong-Hyuk Lee3102.67
Toan Nguyen45515.70
Dat Tien Nguyen520824.00
Hoa Phung631.40
Joonwoo Park720.38
Hosang Jung882.47
Hyouk Ryeol Choi933760.51