Development of a Support System for Handling Ultrasound Probe to Alleviate Fatigue of Physician by Introducing a Coordinated Motion with Robot

We have developed a support system using our ultrasound diagnosis robot, which is able to support manual handling of ultrasound probe in echography to alleviate fatigue of physician. This system realizes a coordinated motion according to the motion of the probe, which is held by the robot and is moved by a physician. We have established four kinds of situations, which are initial fixation, coordinate motions with/without contact on the body...