da Vinci Research Kit at JHU

The da Vinci Research Kit is provided by Intuitive Surgical Inc. (see research.intusu.... The kit includes mechanical parts from the first generation da Vinci. The da Vinci Research Kit can be used for research, not for clinical purposes, not for experiments on humans!
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University LCSR (www.lcsr.jhu.edu) have developed the controllers hardware and software (trac.lcsr.jhu..... Controller enclosures have been designed in collaboration with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute AIM Lab (aimlab.wpi.edu). Finally, the software demonstrated is from the Johns Hopkins University (trac.lcsr.jhu..... This video illustrates the use of the Firewire IO, PID, arm and tele-operation components as well as the corresponding Qt widgets.