期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOLOGY AND SURGERY
卷 14, 期 7, 页码 1137-1146出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-019-01972-8
关键词
Confined anatomy; Continuum robots; CCMs; Design optimization
资金
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/N019318/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/N019318/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/J021199/1, EP/N019318/1, EP/P012779/1] Funding Source: UKRI
PurposeA laser-profiled continuum robot (CR) with a series of interlocking joints has been developed in our center to reach deeper areas of the airways. However, it deflects with constant curvature, which thus increases the difficulty of entering specific bronchi without relying on the tissue reaction forces. This paper aims to propose an optimization framework to find the best design parameters for nonconstant curvature CRs to reach distal targets while attempting to avoid the collision with the surrounding tissue.MethodsFirst, the contact-aided compliant mechanisms (CCMs) are integrated with the continuum robot to achieve the nonconstant curvature. Second, forward kinematics considering CCMs is built. Third, inverse kinematics is implemented to steer the robot tip toward the desired targets within the confined anatomy. Finally, an optimization framework is proposed to find the best robot design to reach the target with the least collision to the bronchi walls.ResultsExperiments are carried out to verify the feasibility of CCMs to enable the nonconstant curvature deflection, and simulations demonstrate a lower cost function value to reach a target for the nonconstant curvature optimized design with respect to the standard constant curvature robot (0.11 vs. 2.66). In addition, the higher capacity of the optimized design to complete the task is validated by interventional experiments using fluoroscopy.ConclusionResults demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework to find an optimized CR with nonconstant curvature to perform safer interventions to reach distal targets.
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