REMOTE-CONTROL IN TELEROBOTIC SURGERY

This paper deals with the description of a telerobotic surgery experim ent, conducted on July 7, 1993, between the Politecnico di Milano, Tel erobotics Laboratory, Italy, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasade na, CA. It describes the results obtained. the new objectives proposed and the technical equipment. It also provides a comparison between th e different solutions adopted. Telerobotic surgery requires particular skill; the integration of human capabilities with robotics in surgery offers useful results for robotic applications in new fields, especia lly health care.