Surgical Robot Indicator Arrangement for System State Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surgical robots with multiple arms face challenges in intuitively conveying the state of the system and individual arms to operators, as indicators are scattered across multiple manipulators, making it difficult for operators to understand the system's status during surgeries.
Innovation Solution
A surgical robot system with an arm base that centrally locates a first indicator for system state and multiple second indicators for individual arm states, allowing operators to easily distinguish between system and arm statuses through color and lighting cues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If indicators are provided on each manipulator, then individual arm states can be indicated, but it becomes difficult for operators to intuitively understand the system state
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the indicator functions by providing a first indicator on the manipulator base that indicates the overall system state, while second indicators on each manipulator indicate individual arm states. This consolidation allows operators to understand both system-level and arm-level states from a centralized location, resolving the contradiction between providing comprehensive state information and maintaining ease of understanding.
2Loss of information
If indicators are scattered on multiple manipulators, then detailed arm state information is available, but the operator must check multiple locations to understand system status
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the indicator system into two distinct parts: first indicators on the manipulator base for system state, and second indicators on each manipulator for arm state. This segmentation allows operators to quickly check both system and arm states without moving between scattered indicator locations, reducing time loss while maintaining detailed information availability.
3Reliability
If multiple indicators are provided on manipulators, then comprehensive state monitoring is achieved, but the visual complexity and clutter increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating first indicators (for system state) on the manipulator base and second indicators (for arm state) on each manipulator. This localized arrangement groups related indicators together, reducing visual clutter and complexity while maintaining comprehensive state monitoring through the structured distribution of indicator types.
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AI summary
A surgical robot includes a first indicator configured to indicate a state of a system, and a plurality of second indicators configured to individually indicate states of a plurality of arms, and the state of the system includes a state of the surgical robot excluding the states of the plurality of arms and a state of a doctor-side operation device.