Abstract: A surgical robotic system includes a control tower or surgical console including a main computer. The system also includes a plurality of surgical robotic arms each of which includes an arm computer. The system also includes a safety network configured to distribute errors from the arm computer of at least one of the plurality of the surgical robotic arms to at least one of the arm computer of at least one other of the plurality of the surgical robotic arms or the main computer.

Abstract: A surgical robotic system includes: a control tower including a first controller configured to detect a first error associated with the control tower and having a first error handler configured to generate a first error signal based on the first error. The system includes a console coupled to the control tower and including a display, a user input device configured to generate user input, and a mobile cart coupled to the control tower and having a second controller configured to detect a second error associated with the mobile cart and a second error handler configured to generate a second error signal based on the second error. The system includes a robotic arm disposed on the mobile cart and including: a surgical instrument configured to treat tissue and actuatable in response to the user input; and a third controller configured to detect a third error associated with the surgical robotic arm and having a third error handler configured to generate a third error signal based on the third error.

Abstract: A surgical robotic system including a surgical console including a user input device configured to generate a user input, a movable cart, a surgical robotic arm disposed on the movable cart, the surgical robotic arm including a surgical instrument, and a control tower including a controller having a system monitor configured to synchronize activation or deactivation of the control tower, the surgical console, the movable cart, and the surgical robotic arm. The system monitor includes a communication interface coupled to the control tower, the surgical console, the movable cart, and the surgical robotic arm; and a system monitor state machine operably coupled to the communication interface and configured to interact with the control tower, the surgical console, the movable cart, and the surgical robotic arm to monitor the status and to activate or deactivate the control tower, the surgical console, the movable cart, and/or the surgical robotic arm.

Abstract: A process for determining a pitch angle of a support arm for a linkage of a robot includes receiving accelerometer readings from an inertial measurement unit of an instrument drive unit (IDU) within a frame of the IDU and calculating the pitch angle of the support arm from a horizontal of a base of the robot.

Abstract: Input shapers for control inputs to the robotic surgical system and their method of controlling a linkage of a robot with a controller includes receiving a desired joint angle of a joint of the robot; and transmitting a first control signal to a motor to actuate the joint in response to a desired joint velocity, the desired joint velocity being a function of the desired joint angle and a current joint angle of the joint.

Abstract: A method of controlling a tool of a surgical robot with a processing unit such that the tool follows input of the input handle of a user console includes receiving movement of the input handle in a master frame of the user console, translating the movement of the input handle in the master frame to movement of the tool in a camera frame of a camera providing real-time images of a surgical site, translating the movement of the tool in the camera frame to movement of the tool in a world frame defined in a surgical theater, translating the movement of the tool in the world frame to movement of the tool in a tool frame which is defined by an arm supporting the tool, and transmitting control commands to a motor controlling the tool such that the tool follows movement of the input handle.

Abstract: A handling device, which is in particular a robot, has a receiving device for receiving different instruments. To this end, the receiving device and the different instruments have mutually compatible connecting elements. In order to ensure error-free connection of the correctly selected instrument to the receiving device, the instruments have changeable indicator devices. The indicator devices are changed with the aid of a control device, for example on the basis of a schedule.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a robot, including detecting the spatial position and/or location of at least one delimiting structure which causes a kinematic delimitation of the work space that can be reached by an instrument connected to a robotic arm of the telemanipulation robot; and continuously representing the reachable work space on an object to be manipulated by the instrument in such a way that a change in the position and/or location of the delimiting structure results, in real time, in a change of the represented reachable work space.

Abstract: A handling device, which is in particular a robot, has a receiving device for receiving different instruments. To this end, the receiving device and the different instruments have mutually compatible connecting elements. In order to ensure error-free connection of the correctly selected instrument to the receiving device, the instruments have changeable indicator devices. The indicator devices are changed with the aid of a control device, for example on the basis of a schedule.

Abstract: An anthropomorphic medical robot arm includes a base end, a first arm element, a base joint coupling the base end to the first arm element, a second arm element, a middle joint coupling the second arm element to the first arm element, a distal functional end, a distal joint coupling the distal functional end to the second arm element, and at least one selectively operable movement inhibitor operable on the base joint, middle joint and/or distal joint so as to restrict the functionally possible range of movement of the robot arm to the range of movement of a human arm.