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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arjang M. Hourtash, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Samuel Kwok Wai Au, Mountain View, CA (US);
Raymond A. Bonneau, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicola Diolaiti, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Pushkar Hingwe, Fremont, CA (US);
Amy E. Kerdok, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Turner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling the movement of a mechanical body. In accordance with a method, desired movement information is received that identifies a desired motion of a mechanical body, the mechanical body having a first number of degrees of freedom. A plurality of instructions are then generated by applying the received desired movement information to a kinematic model, the kinematic model having a second number of degrees of freedom greater than the first number of degrees of freedom, each of the instructions being configured to control a corresponding one of the second number of degrees of freedom. A subset of the plurality of instructions are then transmitted for use in controlling the first number of degrees of freedom of the mechanical body.