@inproceedings{5d43a49eddc941c0a44ffc15a1350019,
title = "Automation of manual tasks for minimally invasive surgery",
abstract = "We have developed an experimental system for minimally invasive surgery providing force feedback and automation of recurring task. The system consists of four robotic arms, which can be equipped with either minimally invasive instruments or a stereo camera. The master console provides a stereo view of the field of operation and two input devices can feed back forces to the user. We have utilized this system to assess the possibility of automating difficult handling tasks like surgical knot tying. In order to achieve this, a novel approach for human-machine skill transfer was developed. It constitutes an extension to learning by demonstration, which is a well known paradigm of robotic learning.",
keywords = "Learning by demonstration, Robotic surgery, Skill transfer",
author = "H. Mayer and I. Nagy and D. Burschka and A. Knoll and Braun, {E. U.} and R. Lange and R. Bauernschmitt",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1109/ICAS.2008.16",
language = "English",
isbn = "0769530931",
series = "Proceedings - 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems, ICAS 2008",
pages = "260--265",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems, ICAS 2008",
note = "4th International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems, ICAS 2008 ; Conference date: 16-03-2008 Through 21-03-2008",
}