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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 platform to support telerobotic research. 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)

Documentation and Guides

• User Manual
• Unpacking Guide

The User Group

University/Group:	PI	PI Email	Group Page
The Johns Hopkins University	Professor Russell Taylor	rht@jhu.edu	JHU Group Page
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Professor Greg Fischer	'	WPI Group Page
Stanford University	Professor Allison Okamura	'	Stanford Group Page
The University of British Columbia	Professor Tim Salcudean	tims@ece.ubc.ca	UBC Group Page
Vanderbilt University	Professor Nabil Simaan	'	Vanderbilt Group Page
University of California, Berkeley	Professor Pieter Abbeel	'	Berkeley Group Page
Carnegie Mellon University	Professor Howie Choset	'	CMU Group Page
Sick Kids Children's Hospital	Professor James Drake	'	Sick Kids Group Page
SUNY, Buffalo	Professor Venkat Krovi	'	SUNY Group Page
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna	Professor Arianna Menchiasi	'	SSSA Group Page

Topics

• Surgeon console frame design
• Patient side frame design