Abstract
Robotic minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized surgical practice. However, as the surgeons are mechanically separated from the surgical tools, loss of tactile feedback occurs. We present a compact force sensor with three, millimeter scale sensing elements (taxels) that can be affixed to the grasping face of a robotic surgical tool. The sensor features a miniaturized design using Hall effect sensors and magnets embedded in a deformable elastomer contact layer. Sensor calibration is achieved with a 6 degree of freedom (DoF) parallel robot. Each taxel can detect applied normal and shear forces with average RMSE of 2.133 kPa. The calibrated sensor was validated on phantom and ex vivo porcine tissue, demonstrating tactile sensing during retraction as well as slip. This work introduces a small-scale Hall effect based tactile sensor, enabling sensing for force-sensitive robotic surgical applications.
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APA 7
DeLorey, C., Brockdorff, M., Metcalf, A., Calmé, B., Valdastri, P., & Jones, D. (2026). Hall Effect-Based Tactile Force Detection Sensor for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/hall-effect-based-tactile-force-detection-sensor-for-robot-assisted-minimally-invasive-surgery
MLA 9
DeLorey, Charles, et al. "Hall Effect-Based Tactile Force Detection Sensor for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/hall-effect-based-tactile-force-detection-sensor-for-robot-assisted-minimally-invasive-surgery.
Chicago (author–date)
DeLorey, Charles, Michael Brockdorff, Adam Metcalf, Benjamin Calmé, Pietro Valdastri, and Dominic Jones. 2026. "Hall Effect-Based Tactile Force Detection Sensor for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/hall-effect-based-tactile-force-detection-sensor-for-robot-assisted-minimally-invasive-surgery.
Harvard
DeLorey, C., Brockdorff, M., Metcalf, A., Calmé, B., Valdastri, P. and Jones, D. (2026) 'Hall Effect-Based Tactile Force Detection Sensor for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery', Available at: https://omanscience.com/en/articles/hall-effect-based-tactile-force-detection-sensor-for-robot-assisted-minimally-invasive-surgery.
Vancouver
DeLorey C, Brockdorff M, Metcalf A, Calmé B, Valdastri P, Jones D. Hall Effect-Based Tactile Force Detection Sensor for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/hall-effect-based-tactile-force-detection-sensor-for-robot-assisted-minimally-invasive-surgery
IEEE
C. DeLorey, M. Brockdorff, A. Metcalf, B. Calmé, P. Valdastri, and D. Jones, "Hall Effect-Based Tactile Force Detection Sensor for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery," https://omanscience.com/en/articles/hall-effect-based-tactile-force-detection-sensor-for-robot-assisted-minimally-invasive-surgery.