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Welcome to the da Vinci Research Kit wiki community

Background

This wiki is home to users of the Research Kit for the da Vinci Surgical System. The Research Kit is a collection of first-generation da Vinci components that can be used to assemble a research platform for exploring telerobotics in medicine. The Kit contains the following components:

• Two da Vinci Master Tool Manipulators (MTMs)
• Two da Vinci Patient Side Manipulators (PSMs)
• A stereo viewer
• A foot pedal tray
• Manipulator Interface Boards (dMIBs)
• Basic accessory kit

See the system in action on YouTube (credit: the JHU team).

MTM

PSM

Stereo Viewer

Foot Pedal Tray

The User Group

University/Group:	PI	PI Email	PI URL	Group Wiki Page
The Johns Hopkins University	Professor Russell Taylor	rht-at-jhu.edu	[1] [2] [3]	JHU Group Page
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Professor Greg Fischer	gfischer-at-WPI.EDU	[4]	WPI Group Page
Stanford University	Professor Allison Okamura	aokamura-at-stanford.edu	[5]	Stanford Group Page
The University of British Columbia	Professor Tim Salcudean	tims-at-ece.ubc.ca	[6]	UBC Group Page
Vanderbilt University	Professor Nabil Simaan	nabil.simaan-at-vanderbilt.edu	[7]	Vanderbilt Group Page
University of California, Berkeley	Professor Pieter Abbeel	pabbeel-at-cs.berkeley.edu	[8]	Berkeley Group Page
Carnegie Mellon University	Professor Howie Choset		[9]	CMU Group Page
Sick Kids Children's Hospital	Professor James Drake	james.drake-at-sickkids.ca	[10]	Sick Kids Group Page
SUNY, Buffalo	Professor Venkat Krovi	vkrovi-at-buffalo.edu	[11]	SUNY Group Page
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna	Professor Arianna Menciassi	arianna.menciassi-at-sssup.it	[12]	SSSA Group Page
University of Western Ontario & CSTAR	Professor Rajni Patel	rvpatel-at-uwo.ca	[13]	CSTAR Group Page

Wiki Content

• Documentation and Guides
• Design and Implementation Topics
• Frequently Asked Questions