Haptic feedback is useful in remote manipulation of flexible endoscopes

Background and study aims We developed the Endoscopic Operation Robot (EOR) version 3, offering built-in haptic feedback and manipulation of the entire scope with one hand. Manipulation of the flexible endoscope is done entirely remotely. However, inclusion of haptic feedback places a huge burden on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keiichiro Kume, Nobuo Sakai, Takaaki Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018-09-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0655-7497