Robotic surgery technique has gained
admissibility in recent years. To provide ergonomic postures for the surgeon
along with dexterous workspace for the Sina<i><sub>flex</sub></i> robotic
telesurgery system, a new haptic interface is introduced at the surgeon side of
the robot. To analyze its performance, in this paper, the forward and inverse
kinematics of the master manipulator are derived using a new geometrical
approach. The workspace of the robot is derived, and its dexterity is
investigated. Finally, to show the operational workspace and dexterity, the
data collected during a dogs’ vasectomy robotic surgery by Sina<i><sub>flex</sub></i>
are analyzed. According to the simulation results, the workspace of the end
effector is as large as <i>600×571×560 mm<sup>3</sup></i> which is 40 times
greater than the ergonomic human hand workspace. The in-vivo experiment shows
that the operational surgery workspace is about <i>2.6%</i> and <i>3.4%</i> of
the whole workspace for the left and right master manipulator, respectively.
The dexterity of the robot based on the Global Conditioning Index, during
simulation and experiment, for the position is <i>0.4557</i> and <i>0.6565</i>,
respectively. A large workspace along with its high dexterity of the master
manipulator of Sina<i><sub>flex</sub></i>
robotic telesurgery system make it a good choice to fulfill robotic surgery
technique requirements.