LapSurgie: Humanoid Robots Performing Surgery via Teleoperated Handheld Laparoscopy

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Hauptverfasser: Liang, Zekai, Liang, Xiao, Atar, Soofiyan, Das, Sreyan, Chiu, Zoe, Zhang, Peihan, Joyce, Calvin, Richter, Florian, Liu, Shanglei, Yip, Michael C.
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author Liang, Zekai
Liang, Xiao
Atar, Soofiyan
Das, Sreyan
Chiu, Zoe
Zhang, Peihan
Joyce, Calvin
Richter, Florian
Liu, Shanglei
Yip, Michael C.
author_facet Liang, Zekai
Liang, Xiao
Atar, Soofiyan
Das, Sreyan
Chiu, Zoe
Zhang, Peihan
Joyce, Calvin
Richter, Florian
Liu, Shanglei
Yip, Michael C.
contents Robotic laparoscopic surgery has gained increasing attention in recent years for its potential to deliver more efficient and precise minimally invasive procedures. However, adoption of surgical robotic platforms remains largely confined to high-resource medical centers, exacerbating healthcare disparities in rural and low-resource regions. To close this gap, a range of solutions has been explored, from remote mentorship to fully remote telesurgery. Yet, the practical deployment of surgical robotic systems to underserved communities remains an unsolved challenge. Humanoid systems offer a promising path toward deployability, as they can directly operate in environments designed for humans without extensive infrastructure modifications -- including operating rooms. In this work, we introduce LapSurgie, the first humanoid-robot-based laparoscopic teleoperation framework. The system leverages an inverse-mapping strategy for manual-wristed laparoscopic instruments that abides to remote center-of-motion constraints, enabling precise hand-to-tool control of off-the-shelf surgical laparoscopic tools without additional setup requirements. A control console equipped with a stereo vision system provides real-time visual feedback. Finally, a comprehensive user study across platforms demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed framework and provides initial evidence for the feasibility of deploying humanoid robots in laparoscopic procedures.
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spellingShingle LapSurgie: Humanoid Robots Performing Surgery via Teleoperated Handheld Laparoscopy
Liang, Zekai
Liang, Xiao
Atar, Soofiyan
Das, Sreyan
Chiu, Zoe
Zhang, Peihan
Joyce, Calvin
Richter, Florian
Liu, Shanglei
Yip, Michael C.
Robotics
Robotic laparoscopic surgery has gained increasing attention in recent years for its potential to deliver more efficient and precise minimally invasive procedures. However, adoption of surgical robotic platforms remains largely confined to high-resource medical centers, exacerbating healthcare disparities in rural and low-resource regions. To close this gap, a range of solutions has been explored, from remote mentorship to fully remote telesurgery. Yet, the practical deployment of surgical robotic systems to underserved communities remains an unsolved challenge. Humanoid systems offer a promising path toward deployability, as they can directly operate in environments designed for humans without extensive infrastructure modifications -- including operating rooms. In this work, we introduce LapSurgie, the first humanoid-robot-based laparoscopic teleoperation framework. The system leverages an inverse-mapping strategy for manual-wristed laparoscopic instruments that abides to remote center-of-motion constraints, enabling precise hand-to-tool control of off-the-shelf surgical laparoscopic tools without additional setup requirements. A control console equipped with a stereo vision system provides real-time visual feedback. Finally, a comprehensive user study across platforms demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed framework and provides initial evidence for the feasibility of deploying humanoid robots in laparoscopic procedures.
title LapSurgie: Humanoid Robots Performing Surgery via Teleoperated Handheld Laparoscopy
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03529