Using the KUKA LBR iiwa Robot as Haptic Device for Virtual Reality Training of Hip Replacement Surgery

Abstract

We propose to use an industrial redundant manipulator (KUKA LBR iiwa robot) as a haptic device to provide high force feedback for an orthopedic surgeon while performing the reaming of the acetabula in a virtual environment. Real experiments have been performed to validate the virtual reality training framework. The results show that the system resulted to be intuitive and reliable from the users experience.