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A Smart Modular IoT Sensing Device for Enhancing Sensory Feedbacks in Surgical Robotics

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(16), 8083; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12168083
by Mafalda Rosa 1,2, Rongrong Liu 1,2, Giorgio Pitruzzello 1,2,3 and Giuseppe Tortora 3,*
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2:
Oscar Andres Vivas
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(16), 8083; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12168083
Submission received: 11 July 2022 / Revised: 5 August 2022 / Accepted: 10 August 2022 / Published: 12 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends and Challenges in Robotic Applications)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This paper develops a IoT sensing device integrated with surgical instrument to enable functionality. The developed device has a proximity sensor, colorimetric sensor, and BLE connection. Results show that the device has been successfully integrated with the da Vinci surgical robot for laparoscopic surgery.

 

Overall, the topic of this paper is interesting. But the presentation could be further improved. Some comments are shown below to help improve the paper.

 

- Introduction

Is the first robot for clinical usage PUMA 200, not PUMA 560?

The related work regarding the IoT sensing device for surgical tools are not thorough. Please add more references for this field.

 

Materials and Methods

Is the size of the develop module too large in Figure 1? How will this be used in a real DaVinci surgical procedure?

No need to mention the first version of CAD design. Only mention the final one.

No need to show Fig. 4, or combine it with other figures.

If you show the commercial product, then just remove Fig. 5, and only mention it in the text.

Authors show two versions of prototype. Explain why? How could they be combined with surgical procedure?

Delete Fig. 12 & 13. No need to use a figure to show this information.

 

Results

Some figures are not clear. Please enlarge the font size in the figure.

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

The authors present an interesting application of IoT in surgical robotics. The presented device has proximity and calorimetric sensors. We understand that this is an approximation to the problem, a preliminary work, since many doubts remain in the air. For example, although the sensor is small and close to the forceps, it is still large for a laparoscopic procedure.

- On the other hand some figures should be improved (1, 10, 14, 16 figures), it would be good to have a distance and close-up view.

- Figure 1 1 should have arrows indicating its parts. 

- Many parts of the document have a lot of technical detail, which is distracting to read. Others need more detail, such as the description of what a PSM is.

- Line 76. An Arduino = an Arduino.

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