Articles | Volume 5, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-5-21-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-5-21-2014
Research article
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23 May 2014
Research article |  | 23 May 2014

An articulated handle to improve the ergonomic performance of robotic dextrous instruments for laparoscopic surgery

B. Herman, A. Devreker, F. Richer, A. Hassan Zahraee, and J. Szewczyk

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