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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)
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 |
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