Prabhjot Dhaliwal
Telerobotic surgery is ideally suited for remote applications in which the instrument control console is placed separately from the end-effectors at the patient's bed-site. With appropriate communication links, it is possible to perform remote surgery for care in rural areas where speciality care is unavailable, or to provide emergency care on the way to hospital. However, if the distance between the master console and the patient is great enough, a delay effect or latency between the slave end-effectors manipulation and the console image leads to some adjustments in movement patterns. As the network delay increases, the users of the system adopt strategies in an attempt to cope with the situation.