System and method for controlling haptic devices having multiple operational modes

DA Grant, KM Tierling, JM Cruz-Hernandez… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A haptic device having a plurality of operational modes, including a? rst
operational mode and a second operational mode is provided. The? rst operational mode is …

Method and apparatus for providing force feedback to the user of an interactive computer simulation

LB Rosenberg - US Patent 6,037,927, 2000 - Google Patents
An apparatus for interfacing the movement of a shaft with a computer includes a support, a
gimbal mechanism having two degrees of freedom, and three electromechanical …

Computer interface apparatus including linkage having flex

LB Rosenberg, BM Schena - US Patent 6,697,048, 2004 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for interfacing the motion of a user-manipulable
object with an electrical or computer sys tem includes a user object physically contacted by a …

Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses

WC Nowlin, PW Mohr, BM Schena, DQ Larkin… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ
surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated …

Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses

WC Nowlin, PW Mohr, BM Schena, DQ Larkin… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ
surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated …

Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses

WC Nowlin, PW Mohr, BM Schena, DQ Larkin… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ
surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated …

Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses

WC Nowlin, PW Mohr, BM Schena, DQ Larkin… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ
surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated …

Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses

WC Nowlin, PW Mohr, BM Schena, DQ Larkin… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ
surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated …

Manipulator arm-to-patient collision avoidance using a null-space

AM Hourtash, P Hingwe, BM Schena… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Devices, systems, and methods for avoiding collisions between a manipulator arm and an
outer patient surface by moving the manipulator within a null-space. In response to a …

Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses

WC Nowlin, PW Mohr, BM Schena, DQ Larkin… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ
surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated …