CPC A61B 34/25 (2016.02) [A61B 34/00 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); B25J 13/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00207 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02)] | 19 Claims |
1. A handheld user interface device for controlling a robotic system, the handheld user interface device comprising:
a flexible housing having an inner housing wall and an outer housing wall and is at least partially disposed around a lumen, and is configured to be held in a hand of a user; and
a capacitive sensor that detects the user squeezing the flexible housing by sensing deformation of the inner housing wall, the sensed deformation is an input for controlling the robotic system.
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