The da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK) is an open   research platform that couples open-source control electronics and software   with the mechanical components of the da Vinci surgical robot.  This   presentation will describe the dVRK system architecture, followed by selected   research enabled by this system, including mixed reality for the first   assistant, autonomous camera motion, and force estimation for bilateral   teleoperation. The presentation will conclude with an overview of the   AccelNet Surgical Robotics Challenge, which includes both simulated and   physical environments. 

Biography:

Peter Kazanzides received the Ph.D. degree in   electrical engineering from Brown University in 1988.  He began work on   surgical robotics in March 1989 as a postdoctoral researcher at the IBM T.J.   Watson Research Center and co-founded Integrated Surgical Systems (ISS) in   November 1990.  As Director of Robotics and Software at ISS, he was   responsible for the design, implementation, validation and support of the   ROBODOC System, which has been used for more than 20,000 hip and knee   replacement surgeries. Dr. Kazanzides joined Johns Hopkins University   December 2002 and currently holds an appointment as a Research Professor of   Computer Science.  His research focuses on computer-integrated surgery,   space robotics and mixed reality.