首套全自动颅窗微铣系统,能自校准并实时适应骨面不平。
Autonomous Robotic Bone Micro-Milling System with Automatic Calibration and 3D Surface Fitting
- 用双目显微镜+CNN自动标定相机并拟合3D骨面
- 成功率85.7%,平均耗时2.1分钟,优于人工
- 适合需要高精度颅窗制备的神经科学研究
使用机器人自动化骨组织微铣削面临外部与内部结构不确定性的挑战。例如,在小鼠颅窗制作中,需用微型钻头在颅骨上铣削半径为2至4毫米的圆形路径。由于小鼠颅骨表面不平整、厚度不均,完全自动化困难,要求系统具备先进感知与自适应能力。本研究将显微立体相机系统(MSCS)集成至机器人微铣系统,并提出一种新型在线预测量流程。该流程从未标定的相机出发,通过基于卷积神经网络(CNN)的关键点检测实现自动标定与3D表面拟合。结合现有反馈系统,开发出全球首个可实时感知并适应表面不平与厚度变化的全自动骨微铣系统,实现无需人工干预的颅窗创建全流程。对安乐死小鼠的验证实验表明,改进系统成功率可达85.7%,平均铣削时间仅2.1分钟,不仅显著优于以往系统,且在精度、速度与稳定性上远超人工操作。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Automating bone micro-milling using a robotic system presents challenges due to the uncertainties in both the external and internal features of bone tissue. For example, during mouse cranial window creation, a circular path with a radius of 2 to 4 mm needs to be milled on the mouse skull using a microdrill. The uneven surface and non-uniform thickness of the mouse skull make it difficult to fully automate this process, requiring the system to possess advanced perceptual and adaptive capabilities. In this study, we address this challenge by integrating a Microscopic Stereo Camera System (MSCS) into the robotic bone micro-milling system and proposing a novel online pre-measurement pipeline for the target surface. Starting from uncalibrated cameras, the pipeline enables automatic calibration and 3D surface fitting through a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based keypoint detection. Combined with the existing feedback-based system, we develop the world's first autonomous robotic bone micro-milling system capable of rapidly, in real-time perceiving and adapting to surface unevenness and non-uniform thickness, thereby enabling an end-to-end autonomous cranial window creation workflow without human assistance. Validation experiments on euthanized mice demonstrate that the improved system achieves a success rate of 85.7 % and an average milling time of 2.1 minutes, showing not only significant performance improvements over the previous system but also exceptional accuracy, speed, and stability compared to human operators.
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