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Table 4 Long-distance telerobotic systems

From: Medical telerobotic systems: current status and future trends

 

Name

Mechanical design

Application area

Status

References

1

Raven robot

Spherical

General surgery

EXP

[113]

2

Lapabot

Serial

General surgery—MIS

EXP

[114]

3

Internet based cather manipulating system

Cartesian

General surgery

EXP

[115]

4

RIME

Serial

Spinal intervention

EXP

[116]

5

Robotized tele-echography MELODY

Serial

Tele-echography

COM

[49, 119]

6

Free hand controller for remote ultrasound imaging

Parallel

Tele-echography

EXP

[120]

7

Wearable tele-echograpgy robot for FAST

Pitching, rolling positioning

Tele-echography

EXP

[121]

8

Servo actuated robotic arm for tele-echography

Serial

Tele-echography

EXP

[122]

9

Parallel robot for ultrasound imaging

Parallel

Tele-echography

EXP

[117]

  1. EXP experimental, COM commercial