Evaluation of a Custom‐Designed Human‐Robot Collaboration Control System for Dental Implant Robot

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Evaluation of a Custom‐Designed Human‐Robot Collaboration Control System for Dental Implant Robot Via The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery Abstract Background The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology to better control a human-robot collaboration for robotic dental implant placement. We have designed a human-robotic collaborative implant system (HRCDIS) which is based on a zero-force hand-guiding concept and a operational task management workflow that can achieve highly accurate and stable osteotomy drilling based on a surgeon's decision and robotic arm movements during implant surgery. Method The HRCDIS brings forth the robot arm positions, exact drilling location, direction and performs automatic drilling. The HRCDIS can also avoid complex programing in the robot. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the accuracy of drilling resulting from our developed operational task management method (OTMM). The OTMM can enable the robot to switch, pause, and resume drilling tasks. The force required for hand-guiding in a zero-force control mode of the robot was detected by a 6D force sensor. We co mpared our force data to those provided by the manufacturer's manual. The study was conducted on a phantom head with a 3D-printed jaw bone to verify the validity of our HRCDIS. We appraised the discrepancies between free-hand drillings and the HRCDIS controlled drillings at apical center and head center of the implant and implant angulation to the baseline data from a virtual surgical planning model.. Results The average required force used by hand-guiding to operate the robot with HRCDIS was near 7 Newton which is much less than the manufacturer's specification (30 Newton). The results from our study showed that the average error at implant head was 1.04±0.37 mm, 1.56±0.52 mm at the implant apex, and deviation of implant angle was 3.74±0.67°. Conclusions The results from this study validate the merit of the human-robot collaboration control by the HRCDIS. Based on the improved navigation system using HRCDIS, a robotic implant placement can provid e seamless drilling with ease, efficiency and accuracy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.