Performance evaluation of a foot interface to operate a robot arm

• Main Authors: Huang, Yanpei, Burdet, Etienne, Cao, Lin, Phan, Phuoc Thien, Tiong, Anthony Meng Huat, Zheng, Pai, Phee, Soo Jay
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Robots; Telerobotics And Teleoperation; Dexterous Manipulation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137857
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We developed a foot interface enabling an operator to control a robotic arm with four degrees of freedom in continuous direction and speed, for operating one of the multiple tools required during robot-aided surgery. In this letter, we first test whether this pedal interface can be used to carry out...