Open AccessGrip force measurement of forceps with fibre Bragg grating sensors
Author(s) -
Lim SooChul,
Lee HyungKew,
Park Joonah
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2013.4182
Subject(s) - fiber bragg grating , materials science , forceps , acoustics , grating , optics , optical fiber , optoelectronics , physics , medicine , surgery
Although haptic feedback is critical for many surgical tasks, surgeons cannot currently obtain haptic feedback from teleoperated surgical robots because it is difficult to attach force sensitive sensors to the surgical robot in the surgery environment. Therefore, force sensitive forceps with an optical fibre Bragg grating sensor attached on the grasper are proposed. The proposed prototype forceps confirmed that the sensitive grasping force in the teleoperated grasper is comparable to the providing force and measuring force.