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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 URL	Group Wiki Page
The Johns Hopkins University	Professor Russell Taylor	[1] [2] [3]	JHU Group Page
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Professor Greg Fischer	[4]	WPI Group Page
Stanford University	Professor Allison Okamura	[5]	Stanford Group Page
The University of British Columbia	Professor Tim Salcudean	[6]	UBC Group Page
Vanderbilt University	Professor Nabil Simaan	[7]	Vanderbilt Group Page
University of California, Berkeley	Professor Pieter Abbeel	[8]	Berkeley Group Page
University of California, Berkeley	Professor Ken Goldberg	[9]	Berkeley Group Page
Carnegie Mellon University	Professor Howie Choset	[10]	CMU Group Page
Sick Kids Children's Hospital	Professor James Drake	[11]	Sick Kids Group Page
Clemson University	Professor Venkat Krovi	[12]	Clemson University
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna	Professor Arianna Menciassi	[13]	SSSA Group Page
University of Western Ontario & CSTAR	Professor Rajni Patel	[14]	CSTAR Group Page
Seoul National University	Professor Sungwan Kim	[15]	Seoul National University
Obúda University	Adjunct Professor Tamás Haidegger	[16]	Obúda University
Wayne State University	Professor Abhilash Pandya	[17]	Wayne State University
University of Verona	Professor Paolo Fiorini	[18]	University of Verona
Imperial College	Professor Guang-Zhong Yang	[19]	Imperial College
University College London	Professor Danail Stoyanov	[20]	University College London
Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical, Children's National Health System	Professor Kevin Cleary	[21]	Children's National Health System
Case Western Reserve University	Professor M. Cenk Cavusoglu	[22]	Case Western Reserve University
University of Naples Federico II	Professor Bruno Siciliano	[23]	University of Naples Federico II
Ben Gurion University of the Negev	Professor Ilana Nisky	[24]	Ben Gurion University of the Negev
University of California San Diego	Assistant Professor Michael Yip	[25]	University of California San Diego
Politecnico di Milano	Professor Elena De Momi	[26]	Politecnico di Milano
The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Professor Philip WY Chiu	[27]	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Associate Professor Samuel Au	[28]	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Leeds	Professor Pietro Valdastri	[29]	University of Leeds
University of Texas, Dallas	Professor Ann Majewicz Fey	[30]	University of Texas, Dallas
University of Innsbruck	Professor Yeongmi Kim	[31]	University of Innsbruck
University of Innsbruck	Professor Matthias Harders	[32]	University of Innsbruck
University of Reutlingen	Professor Oliver Burgert	[33]	University of Reutlingen
University of Maryland	Professor Axel Krieger	[34]	University of Maryland
Purdue University	Professor Juan Wachs	[35]	Purdue University

Wiki Content

• Documentation and Guides
• Design and Implementation Topics
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Publications
• PI and User Group Meetings