History
Moog FCS started out in 1995 as the medical division of Moog FCS. Aiming on a diversification of the Moog FCS force-loop applications in the medical industry, three projects formed the basis of Moog FCS. The below-mentioned projects eventually led to the development of a generic haptic device, the HapticMASTER.
MS trocar (1995)
Two 1 degree of freedom trocar simulators in a master-slave setup (see picture) proved the superior quality of haptic feedback based on admittance control. They illustrate a tele-operated skin-piercing task.
The ‘sense of piercing’ is completely transferred from the slave to the master and the ‘power to pierce’ is completely transferred from the master to the slave.
MSER (1997-2000)
MSER was a project for the Dutch army with the goal to develop a master-slave electric X-Ray machine with force feedback.
A working prototype was built by Moog FCS at Konings Machinefabriek (see picture)
ROBOSCOPE (1998-2000)
Roboscope is an ultrasound-image-guided manipulator-assisted system for minimally invasive endo-neurosurgery.
It was developed in a joint project granted by the European Committee.
The Robomate robotic manipulator of the neuro-navigation system was developed by Moog FCS (see picture).
