Haptics and Robotic Surgery

One of best senior design projects that I have advised - top-notch engineers, flawless execution - result was integration of force feedback into robotic surgery!

Technology

1. Force feedback - Haptics
2. MCF51JM Freescale Microcontroller
   
3. LMD18200 H-Bridge for motor control
4. LS7366 Quadrature Decoder
5. AD8210 for motor current monitoring
   
6. Intuitive Surgical's EndoWrist®
   
7. Embedded C (firmware)
8. C# and .NET (GUI)

Team members

Students: Philip Hufnal, John Monaghan, William O'Connor, Christopher Sagedy
Advisors:  Dr. Pramod Abichandani, Dr.Moshe Kam, Dr. B.C.Chang,