Advanced Sensing for Surgical Robots and Devices
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensors and Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 739
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will collect current studies on advanced sensor developments in the field of robot-assisted surgeries, including discussions around tactile and positional sensing and the use of soft materials. Tactile sensing is crucial for medical operations, particularly in minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgeries, as this type of feedback enables physicians to sense texture, consistency, and firmness to identify cancerous tissues. It also provides force feedback to the robotic systems, enhancing a robot’s ability to navigate inside complex surgical environments, such as the narrow urinary tract or the bronchioles. Moreover, by providing physicians with real-time feedback, it allows physicians to perform better surgical planning, leading to improved clinical outcomes. Conversely, positional sensing is equally important for surgical navigation, especially during image-guided therapy. Together with software such as 3D Slicer, a robot can determine the location of lesions, with an effective treatment range, in the case of thermal ablations. Positional sensing could be achieved by optical, inertial movement unit (IMU), electromagnetic, and computer vision. Integrating tactile and positional sensing will bring medical robots to the next level of precision control.
Dr. Rui Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- surgical robotics
- surgical devices
- image-guided therapy
- soft robotic sensing
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