A concept of a telemanipulator for laparoscopic surgery is presented in this paper. It enatbles endoscopic handling of surgical effectors and cameras inside the abdominal cavity with six degrees of freedom of motion through a trocar tube with 12 mm in diameter. The kinematical structure consists of fourteen axes articulated by six electrical servo drives.
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