Image-guided robotic mastoidectomy using human-robot collaboration control

Abstract

This work proposes an image-guided robotic Mastoidectomy. A surgical navigation software was developed to guide the robot without damaging the critical area. A forbidden-region virtual fixture is implemented for safety. A human-robot collaboration control mode is used to allow the human intervention during surgery, to compensate tremor by operator, and to protect the relevant organs. A temporal bone replica was used as a phantom for the robotic Mastoidectomy. Through the phantom studies, it was shown that the image-guided robotic approach is effective for safe and precise Mastoidectomy.