Yuan Feng1, JiaCheng Fan1, BaoXin Tao2, ShiGang Wang1, JinQiu Mo1, YiQun Wu2, QingHua Liang3, XiaoJun Chen4. 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Room 901, Dongchuan Road 800, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China. 2. Department of Second Dental Center, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology and Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, 639, Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011, China. 3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Room 901, Dongchuan Road 800, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China. qhliang@sjtu.edu.cn. 4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Room 901, Dongchuan Road 800, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China. xiaojunchen@sjtu.edu.cn.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Dental implant surgery is an effective method for remediating the loss of teeth. Robot is expected to increase the accuracy of dental implant surgery. However, most of them are industrial serial robot, with low stiffness and non-unique inverse kinematic solution, which may reduce the success rate and safety of robotic surgery. Compared to serial robot, parallel robot is more stiffness and has unique inverse kinematic. However, its workspace is small, which may not meet surgical requirements. Therefore, a novel hybrid robot dedicated to dental implant is proposed. METHODS: The hybrid robot is composed of three translation joints, two revolute joints, and Stewart parallel manipulator. Stewart is used for performing surgical operation, while the joints are used for enlarging the workspace of Stewart. In order to ensure the safety of robot motion, physical human-robot interaction based on a variable admittance controller is applied in the robotic system. In addition, considering the small workspace of Stewart, an optimal model is proposed to minimize the joint movement of Stewart in adjusting the orientation of drill bit. RESULTS: Phantom experiments were carried out based on the prototype robot. In the experiments, the optimal model could be solved after 20 iterations, finding an ideal joint configuration. The proposed variable admittance controller could enhance comfort level effectively. The accuracy of robot is evaluated by angle, entry and exit deviation, which are 0.74 ± 0.25°, 0.93 ± 0.28 mm, and 0.96 ± 0.23 mm, respectively. CONCLUSION: The phantom experiments validate the functionality of the proposed hybrid robot. The satisfactory performance makes it more widely used in the practical dental implant surgery in the future.
PURPOSE: Dental implant surgery is an effective method for remediating the loss of teeth. Robot is expected to increase the accuracy of dental implant surgery. However, most of them are industrial serial robot, with low stiffness and non-unique inverse kinematic solution, which may reduce the success rate and safety of robotic surgery. Compared to serial robot, parallel robot is more stiffness and has unique inverse kinematic. However, its workspace is small, which may not meet surgical requirements. Therefore, a novel hybrid robot dedicated to dental implant is proposed. METHODS: The hybrid robot is composed of three translation joints, two revolute joints, and Stewart parallel manipulator. Stewart is used for performing surgical operation, while the joints are used for enlarging the workspace of Stewart. In order to ensure the safety of robot motion, physical human-robot interaction based on a variable admittance controller is applied in the robotic system. In addition, considering the small workspace of Stewart, an optimal model is proposed to minimize the joint movement of Stewart in adjusting the orientation of drill bit. RESULTS: Phantom experiments were carried out based on the prototype robot. In the experiments, the optimal model could be solved after 20 iterations, finding an ideal joint configuration. The proposed variable admittance controller could enhance comfort level effectively. The accuracy of robot is evaluated by angle, entry and exit deviation, which are 0.74 ± 0.25°, 0.93 ± 0.28 mm, and 0.96 ± 0.23 mm, respectively. CONCLUSION: The phantom experiments validate the functionality of the proposed hybrid robot. The satisfactory performance makes it more widely used in the practical dental implant surgery in the future.