Journal
IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 56-78Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2021.3101646
Keywords
Robots; Surgery; Automation; Cameras; Robot vision systems; Instruments; Tools
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Funding
- Wellcome/EPSRC Center for Interventional and Surgical Sciences [203145Z/16/Z]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/P027938/1, EP/R004080/1, EP/P012841/1]
- Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies scheme
- Wellcome Trust [203145Z/16/Z]
- EPSRC [EP/P027938/1, EP/R004080/1, EP/P012841/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Robotic-assisted surgery has become the gold-standard clinical treatment option for several clinical indications and is expected to see substantial growth in the next decade. The repurposing of decommissioned da Vinci surgical systems as a research platform through the da Vinci Research Kit has been crucial in addressing barriers for new research groups in surgical robotics.
Robotic-assisted surgery is now well established in clinical practice and has become the gold-standard clinical treatment option for several clinical indications. The field of robotic-assisted surgery is expected to grow substantially in the next decade, with a range of new robotic devices emerging to address unmet clinical needs across different specialties. A vibrant surgical robotics research community is pivotal for conceptualizing such new systems as well as for developing and training the engineers and scientists to translate them into practice. The da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK), an academic and industry collaborative effort to repurpose decommissioned da Vinci surgical systems [Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISI), California, USA] as a research platform for surgical robotics research, has been a key initiative for addressing a barrier to entry for new research groups in surgical robotics. In this article, we present an extensive review of the publications that have been facilitated by the dVRK over the past decade. We classify research efforts into different categories and outline some of the major challenges and needs for the robotics community to maintain and build upon this initiative.
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