Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Software configurable manipulator degrees of freedom
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Application No.: US14218318Application Date: 2014-03-18
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Publication No.: US10561470B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Arjang M. Hourtash , Nicola Diolaiti , Pushkar Hingwe , Niels Smaby , Nitish Swarup
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Artegis Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B34/35
- IPC: A61B34/35 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B34/20

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling a plurality of manipulator assemblies of a robotic system. In accordance with a method, a first plurality of sensor signals are received at a plurality of joint space interface elements from a plurality of connector input elements via a first mapping between the joint space interface elements and joints of the first manipulator assembly. The connector input elements are operable to couple to only one manipulator assembly at a time. The received first sensor signals are then processed with a joint controller so as to control the first manipulator assembly. A second plurality of sensor signals are then received from the connector input elements at the joint space interface elements via a second mapping different than the first mapping. The received second sensor signals are then processed with the joint controller so as to control a second manipulator assembly different than the first manipulator assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140276951A1 Software Configurable Manipulator Degrees of Freedom Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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