Abstract
This paper presents a tool-path generation methods for an automated robotic system for skull drilling, which is performed to access to some neurosurgical interventions. The path controls of the robotic system are classified as move, probe, cut, and poke motions. The four motions are the basic motion elements of the tool-paths to make a hole on a skull. Probing, rough cutting and fine cutting paths are generated for skull drilling. For the rough cutting path circular paths are projected on the offset surfaces of the outer top and the inner bottom surfaces of the skull. The projected paths become the paths on the top and bottom layers of the rough cutting paths. The two projected paths are blended for the paths on the other layers. Syntax of the motion commands for a file format is also suggested for the tool-paths. Implementation and simulation results show that the possibility of the proposed methods.
Translated title of the contribution | Tool-path Generation for a Robotic Skull Drilling System |
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Original language | Korean |
Pages (from-to) | 243-249 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | 한국CAD/CAM학회 논문집 |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2013 |