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  • 1Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, UK. kkwok@imperial.ac.uk

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Collaborative Gaze Channelling (CGC) enhances surgical robot control by visualizing operator eye movements. This shared visual feedback improves coordination and task efficiency in robotic surgery.

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Area of Science:

  • Robotics
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Surgical Technology

Background:

  • Collaborative robotic tasks require effective operator coordination.
  • Mutual intent is crucial but challenging to convey in remote or separated settings.
  • Existing methods lack seamless communication for shared control of surgical robots.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate Collaborative Gaze Channelling (CGC) for enhanced control of surgical robots.
  • To improve communication and coordination between multiple operators in shared robotic tasks.
  • To assess the impact of CGC on surgical manipulation efficiency and movement quality.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the Collaborative Gaze Channelling (CGC) framework using eye-tracking technology.

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  • Monitored and visualized operator eye fixations within a shared surgical workspace.
  • Evaluated CGC's efficiency by comparing surgical manipulation with and without the framework.
  • Utilized Fitts' law to analyze movement quality and coordination between two operators controlling bimanual surgical robots.
  • Recruited 40 subjects for experimental validation.

    • Main Results:

    • CGC demonstrated significant improvement (p < 0.05) in all assessed motion indices.
    • Operator coordination and task efficiency were notably enhanced with CGC.
    • The framework effectively recovers mutual intent information lost in non-vis-à-vis settings.
    • Fitts' law analysis confirmed superior movement quality with CGC.

    Conclusions:

    • Collaborative Gaze Channelling (CGC) is an effective method for improving communication in collaborative robotic surgery.
    • Visual guidance through eye gaze sharing enhances implicit communication and synergistic control.
    • The proposed CGC framework shows significant potential for clinical application in robotic surgery.