A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAINING PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY

The paper presents the technological components, hardware implementation and software solution of a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) training platform. The platform includes basic tasks for familiarizing students and surgeons with MIS. The operator training environment simulates the behavior of the...

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Main Authors: Veronika Ivanova, Ani Boneva, Plamen Vasilev, Stoyan Ivanov
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Language:English
Published: University of Kragujevac 2025-06-01
Series:Proceedings on Engineering Sciences
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Online Access:https://pesjournal.net/journal/v7-n2/10.pdf
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description The paper presents the technological components, hardware implementation and software solution of a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) training platform. The platform includes basic tasks for familiarizing students and surgeons with MIS. The operator training environment simulates the behavior of the operator's hands and surgical instruments, providing feedback and 3D-visualization. Research on elements of various existing platforms was conducted and described in this paper. The platform uses a virtual environment with abstract tasks. This allows for reducing training costs, providing different levels of difficulty and focusing on the skills to be acquired. Thus, through the development of this training platform, the researchers aim to improve practice-based education in minimally invasive surgery. The results from this scientific work are suitable for surgical education e.g. the acquisition of basic skills by students in the transition from MIS to work with the robotic system for surgeons. In this regard, the assessment of students’ success with the platform is an important factor in the learning process that is, in general, evaluated using two approaches described in the paper. Future work will include the development of a methodology for conducting simulation activities with the system and evaluation criteria.
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spelling doaj-art-9fc4ba9c51be4390bbac585d29f51b372025-08-20T03:28:22ZengUniversity of KragujevacProceedings on Engineering Sciences2620-28322683-41112025-06-0172817 82810.24874/PES07.02.010A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAINING PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC SURGERYVeronika Ivanova 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6033-3988Ani Boneva 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1743-1638Plamen Vasilev 2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6493-402XStoyan Ivanov3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2039-613XInstitute of Robotics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria The paper presents the technological components, hardware implementation and software solution of a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) training platform. The platform includes basic tasks for familiarizing students and surgeons with MIS. The operator training environment simulates the behavior of the operator's hands and surgical instruments, providing feedback and 3D-visualization. Research on elements of various existing platforms was conducted and described in this paper. The platform uses a virtual environment with abstract tasks. This allows for reducing training costs, providing different levels of difficulty and focusing on the skills to be acquired. Thus, through the development of this training platform, the researchers aim to improve practice-based education in minimally invasive surgery. The results from this scientific work are suitable for surgical education e.g. the acquisition of basic skills by students in the transition from MIS to work with the robotic system for surgeons. In this regard, the assessment of students’ success with the platform is an important factor in the learning process that is, in general, evaluated using two approaches described in the paper. Future work will include the development of a methodology for conducting simulation activities with the system and evaluation criteria.https://pesjournal.net/journal/v7-n2/10.pdfsurgical traininginformation systemlearning systemsrobotic surgeryеngineeringsoftware
spellingShingle Veronika Ivanova
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Proceedings on Engineering Sciences
surgical training
information system
learning systems
robotic surgery
еngineering
software
title A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAINING PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
title_full A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAINING PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
title_fullStr A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAINING PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
title_full_unstemmed A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAINING PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
title_short A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAINING PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
title_sort multifunctional training platform for robotic surgery
topic surgical training
information system
learning systems
robotic surgery
еngineering
software
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