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A Master-Salve Robot Manipulator for Needle-Based Teleoperation in MRI Chamber

Omar Curiel, Jing-Yuan Huang, Po-Chih Chen, Ji Ma, Qing Dai, Wenqi Zhou, David Lu, Holden H. Wu, Tsu-Chin Tsao

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Published 2026-08-06 · First seen 2026-08-07

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We present a MR safe, master-slave robot manipulator for abdominal interventions in the MRI chamber. A human operated 2+1-DoF master controller manipulator transmits motion and force to a 2+1-DoF slave manipulator via fluid transmission. Jointly, a digital master controller provides multimodal control capability beyond common split axis or mode switchable hybrid human-digital controller configurations found in previous studies. High input impedance, low-leakage, elastomeric fluid actuators are delegated to remote angulation control. Low-friction graphite piston cylinders are delegated to needle insertion axis remote actuation given the sub-newton force transparency and sub-millimeter motion transmission over bedside fluid piping lengths. The device enables real-time MRI guided interventions allowing manual, digital, hybrid, and collaborative control modes. Collaborative tasks such as assisted tissue penetration, fault-driven virtual fixture, and motion compensation through feedback control are presented in this paper. Preliminary MR scanner results demonstrate manipulator functional viability for an in-vivo pig experiment in bedside, manual control mode configuration.

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@article{curiel2026master,
  title = {A Master-Salve Robot Manipulator for Needle-Based Teleoperation in MRI Chamber},
  author = {Omar Curiel and Jing-Yuan Huang and Po-Chih Chen and Ji Ma and Qing Dai and Wenqi Zhou and David Lu and Holden H. Wu and Tsu-Chin Tsao},
  year = {2026},
  abstract = {We present a MR safe, master-slave robot manipulator for abdominal interventions in the MRI chamber. A human operated 2+1-DoF master controller manipulator transmits motion and force to a 2+1-DoF slave manipulator via fluid transmission. Jointly, a digital master controller provides multimodal control capability beyond common split axis or mode switchable hybrid human-digital controller configurations found in previous studies. High input impedance, low-leakage, elastomeric fluid actuators are d},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.06354},
  keywords = {cs.RO},
  eprint = {2608.06354},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
}

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