Parametric Design of a Cable-Driven Coaxial Spherical Parallel Mechanism for Ultrasound Scans

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06995v1
• Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:58:41 GMT
• Title: Parametric Design of a Cable-Driven Coaxial Spherical Parallel Mechanism for Ultrasound Scans
• Abstract summary: Haptic interfaces play a critical role in medical teleoperation by enabling surgeons to interact with remote environments through realistic force and motion feedback.<n>This paper presents the design methodology and analysis of a Cable-Driven Coaxial Spherical Parallel Mechanism (CDC-SPM) developed to address these challenges.<n>The proposed cable-driven interface design allows for reducing the mass placed at the robot arm end-effector, thereby minimizing inertial loads, enhancing stiffness, and improving dynamic responsiveness.
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• Abstract: Haptic interfaces play a critical role in medical teleoperation by enabling surgeons to interact with remote environments through realistic force and motion feedback. Achieving high fidelity in such systems requires balancing performance trade-off among workspace, dexterity, stiffness, inertia, and bandwidth, particularly in applications demanding pure rotational motion. This paper presents the design methodology and kinematic analysis of a Cable-Driven Coaxial Spherical Parallel Mechanism (CDC-SPM) developed to address these challenges. The proposed cable-driven interface design allows for reducing the mass placed at the robot arm end-effector, thereby minimizing inertial loads, enhancing stiffness, and improving dynamic responsiveness. Through parallel and coaxial actuation, the mechanism achieves decoupled rotational degrees of freedom with isotropic force and torque transmission. Simulation and analysis demonstrate that the CDC-SPM provides accurate, responsive, and safe motion characteristics suitable for high-precision haptic applications. These results highlight the mechanism's potential for medical teleoperation tasks such as ultrasound imaging, where precise and intuitive manipulation is essential.

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