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<blockquote data-quote="James Snover" data-source="post: 16297030" data-attributes="member: 67454"><p>My latest xray system uses a conventional cath-lab c-arm, but it is mounted on a six-axis industrial robot arm. Think of the type of robots on auto-assembly lines, only instead of holding a welder, it holds an xray c-arm. As if that isn't nifty enough all by itself ... it is a "fly-by-wire" system. When the docs or techs move the arm, they don't have to worry about controlling and coordinating the motion of all six axes, which would be a nightmare. Instead they assign the system to, say, move head-to-foot in relation to the table. Now, no matter how the table is angled or tilted, when the operator moves the joy stick, the motion control computers figure out how to activate and coordinate the six axes so it tracks the table. Another nifty bit: it doesn't always arrive at the same solution for any given motion. It's constantly evaluating all the parameters of the case, including the condition of the patient, and adjusting itself to move in the most efficient, least physical-space-consuming series of motions to achieve what the docs and/or techs want it to do. </p><p></p><p>And I get to work on it. My freakin' dream job, what, are you kidding me? Sometimes I'm afraid I'm going to wake up and it will all have just been only a dream.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Snover, post: 16297030, member: 67454"] My latest xray system uses a conventional cath-lab c-arm, but it is mounted on a six-axis industrial robot arm. Think of the type of robots on auto-assembly lines, only instead of holding a welder, it holds an xray c-arm. As if that isn't nifty enough all by itself ... it is a "fly-by-wire" system. When the docs or techs move the arm, they don't have to worry about controlling and coordinating the motion of all six axes, which would be a nightmare. Instead they assign the system to, say, move head-to-foot in relation to the table. Now, no matter how the table is angled or tilted, when the operator moves the joy stick, the motion control computers figure out how to activate and coordinate the six axes so it tracks the table. Another nifty bit: it doesn't always arrive at the same solution for any given motion. It's constantly evaluating all the parameters of the case, including the condition of the patient, and adjusting itself to move in the most efficient, least physical-space-consuming series of motions to achieve what the docs and/or techs want it to do. And I get to work on it. My freakin' dream job, what, are you kidding me? Sometimes I'm afraid I'm going to wake up and it will all have just been only a dream. [/QUOTE]
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