The ASSIST project is developing an autonomous manipulator to assist in laparoscopic surgery in direct and collaborative cooperation with the surgeon. The task of the assistance system is to retract and expose tissue and organs in order to support the surgeon's dissection actions and enable the operation to be performed successfully. Research is being conducted on a holistic solution, both on the integration of a cobot in a confined space and on a comprehensive understanding of the topology and behavior of tissue during manipulation and deformation. ASSIST thus represents a decisive step toward collaborative robotics in the operating room and provides a basis for application in various scenarios of laparoscopic intervention.
Contact:
Lars Wagner, M.Sc. and Dennis Schneider, M.Sc. and Felix Möllmann, B.Sc. and Farid Harb, B.Sc.