Remote manipulator system and method for operating a remote manipulator system

Abstract

A remote manipulator system according to the invention for carrying out manipulations in a body-internal cavity comprises a manipulator apparatus with a motor-driven actuator mechanism for moving at least two endoscope apparatuses that are insertable through a respective access opening into the body-internal cavity, said endoscope apparatuses each having an elongate shaft (), wherein the at least two endoscope apparatuses are each displaceable along a longitudinal direction and pivotable about a pivot point () defined by the respective access opening, an operating apparatus () with at least two control elements (), which each have an elongate shaft ('), wherein the at least two control elements () are each, in manual fashion, displaceable in the direction of a longitudinal axis and pivotable about a pivot point (), and a controller () which is embodied to detect a respective longitudinal displacement and pivot movement of the at least two control elements () and actuate the manipulator apparatus () in such a way that the movements of the endoscope apparatuses correspond to those of the at least two control elements (), wherein the operating apparatus () is embodied in such a way that a relative position of the pivot points () of the control elements () is adjustable.