Harnett Brett M, Doarn Charles R, Rosen Jacob, Hannaford Blake, Broderick Timothy J
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA.
Telemed J E Health. 2008 Aug;14(6):539-44. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0087.
As unmanned extraction vehicles become a reality in the military theater, opportunities to augment medical operations with telesurgical robotics become more plausible. This project demonstrated an experimental surgical robot using an unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV) as a network topology. Because battlefield operations are dynamic and geographically challenging, the installation of wireless networks is not a feasible option at this point. However, to utilize telesurgical robotics to assist in the urgent medical care of wounded soldiers, a robust, high bandwidth, low latency network is requisite. For the first time, a mobile surgical robotic system was deployed to an austere environment and surgeons were able to remotely operate the systems wirelessly using a UAV. Two University of Cincinnati surgeons were able to remotely drive the University of Washington's RAVEN robot's end effectors. The network topology demonstrated a highly portable, quickly deployable, bandwidth-sufficient and low latency wireless network required for battlefield use.
随着无人提取车辆在军事战场成为现实，利用远程手术机器人增强医疗行动的机会变得更有可能实现。该项目展示了一种以无人飞行器（UAV）作为网络拓扑的实验性手术机器人。由于战场行动具有动态性且地理环境具有挑战性，目前安装无线网络不是一个可行的选择。然而，为了利用远程手术机器人协助对受伤士兵进行紧急医疗护理，一个强大、高带宽、低延迟的网络是必不可少的。首次将移动手术机器人系统部署到一个简陋的环境中，外科医生能够使用无人机无线远程操作这些系统。两位辛辛那提大学的外科医生能够远程驱动华盛顿大学的RAVEN机器人的末端执行器。该网络拓扑展示了战场使用所需的高度便携、快速可部署、带宽充足且低延迟的无线网络。
