Environment property estimaton and graphical display
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1. A surgical robot, comprising:
- an imaging system comprising at least one camera;
a processor in communication with said imaging system;
a manipulation system in communication with said processor; and
a visual display in communication with said processor,wherein said processor is operable to;
calculate a mechanical property estimate for an area of an environment based on an environment model of tool-environment interaction data;
create a composite image comprising a mechanical property map of the mechanical property estimate overlaid on an environment image from said at least one camera; and
output the composite image on said visual display.
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Abstract
A surgical robot including an imaging system comprising at least one camera, a processor in communication with the imaging system, a manipulation system in communication with the processor, and a visual display in communication with the processor. The processor is operable to calculate a stiffness estimate for an area of an environment based on an environment model of tool-environment interaction data, create a composite image comprising a stiffness map of the stiffness estimate overlaid on an environment image from the at least one camera, and output the composite image on the visual display.
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1. A surgical robot, comprising:
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an imaging system comprising at least one camera; a processor in communication with said imaging system; a manipulation system in communication with said processor; and a visual display in communication with said processor, wherein said processor is operable to; calculate a mechanical property estimate for an area of an environment based on an environment model of tool-environment interaction data; create a composite image comprising a mechanical property map of the mechanical property estimate overlaid on an environment image from said at least one camera; and output the composite image on said visual display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A data processing unit for use with a surgical robot, comprising:
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at least one input port adapted to receive an environment image from the surgical robot and to receive tool-environment interaction data from the surgical robot; an overlay component in communication with said at least one input port; and an output port in communication with said overlay component, wherein said overlay component is adapted to calculate a mechanical property estimate for an area of an environment based on an environment model of tool-environment interaction data, create a composite image comprising a mechanical property map of the mechanical property estimate overlaid on the environment image, and output the composite image to said output port. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A tangible machine readable storage medium that provides instructions, which when executed by a computing platform, cause said computing platform to perform operations comprising a method comprising:
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determining tool-environment interaction data from a palpation of an area of an environment; calculating a mechanical property estimate of the area of the environment based on the tool-environment interaction data; receiving an environment image; generating a composite image comprising a mechanical property map of the mechanical property estimate overlaid on the environment; and outputting the composite image on a visual display.
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