

On average, it lasted 4 hours of continued monitoring by the researcher to assess one RARP using Kinovea. RESULTS: Data analysis showed Kinovea was on average able to automatically assess only 22% of the total surgical duration per video of the robot-assisted surgery. METHODS: Twelve entire RARP procedures were analysed by a trained researcher using the computer programme "Kinovea" to perform semi-automated assessment of surgical movements. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of using a computer programme (Kinovea) for objective assessment of surgical movements in previously recorded in existing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Movo will remain a part of the company’s beta program until its official release, which is scheduled for 2018.BACKGROUNDS: Robot-assisted surgery facilitated the possibility to evaluate the surgeon's skills by recording and evaluating the robot surgical images. We’re planning to use it as our primary mobile manipulator for years to come.” “Movo looks to be a great general-purpose research platform. “We were looking for a reliable, general-purpose mobile manipulation platform, because the research projects pursued in my lab are often quite diverse,” Konidaris says. The company will, therefore, provide dedicated support to researchers using Movo during the beta stage to ensure success in their research and the best use of the new platform in their particular field.Įarly impressions, including that of George Konidaris, assistant professor at Brown University’s department of computer science and Movo’s very first beta user, appear promising. In working with researchers across the globe, Kinova says it realized the need for effective solutions that will allow them to meaningfully contribute to the world in innovative ways.

The company says its mission, however, remains the same - every decision that went into this new platform stemmed from “the desire to continue empowering people and increasing human capacity through responsible, respectful uses of technology”. Movo also represents a natural evolution in Kinova’s design DNA from its previous line of Jaco robotic arms. Movo provides unparalleled research capability to that end.” “Mainstream public acceptance of mobile platforms will only come from further research on the technologies and human factor considerations of such platforms. “With Movo, Kinova aims to have robotic technology achieve extraordinary tasks in all aspects of our lives, not only the workplace. Keith Blanchet, senior director of Kinova’s Innovation division, says: “The mobile platform market is fairly busy, but lacked open platforms that would allow for advanced manipulation or meaningful depth and range of creative research capability. Its high-end, open-source architecture will make it easier to start any type of mobile manipulator application and will allow researchers more time to focus on their respective subjects. Admittance control is the most used method for the trajectory generation, and it is in task-space. The joint angle control needs the references (trajectories) generated from the trajectory planning. The new, feature-rich platform benefits from the low weight, low energy demand and compactness of Kinova’s world-renowned manipulators, combined with a powerful omnidirectional mobile system and fully integrated navigational system. Wen Yu, in PID Control with Intelligent Compensation for Exoskeleton Robots, 2018. Movo has been fully designed and developed using the Robot Operating System, along with MoveIt! and Gazebo, and offers an application programming interface that will provide researchers the most advanced functionality in all areas of robotics. Kinova Robotics is set to offer consumers a new product line with the beta launch of Movo, a mobile manipulation platform designed to aid in the research and experimentation of mobile robotics.
