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The da Vinci research interface allows third party developers and research collaborators to retrieve a real-time stream of kinematic and user event data from the da Vinci Surgical System during clinical use. This data includes the motion of all master and [...]

An Open-Source Hardware and Software Platform for Telesurgical Robotics Research
Published in The MIDAS Journal
Published in The MIDAS Journal
We present our work to develop a telerobotics research platform that provides complete access to all levels of control via open-source custom electronics and software. The electronics employs an FPGA to enable a centralized computation and distributed I/O [...]

The SIGN: A dynamic and extensible software framework for Image-Guided Therapy
Published in The Insight Journal
Published in The Insight Journal
The software requirements for computer-aided navigation tools in image-guided therapy are becoming increasingly complex as a result of new possibilities in imaging and tracking hardware, novel application areas and regulatory restrictions.
A new software [...]

The Surgical Assistant Workstation (SAW) in Minimally-Invasive Surgery and Microsurgery
Published in The MIDAS Journal
Published in The MIDAS Journal
The Surgical Assistant Workstation (SAW) provides a modular, open-source software framework to support rapid prototyping of computer-assisted surgery systems, especially those that benefit from enhanced 3D visualization and user interaction. The framework [...]
