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Simulation of Surgical Suturing Using Position-Based Dynamics and the Material Point Method for Robot Reinforcement Learning

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arXiv:2607.27494v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in robotics research have created a strong demand for high-performance simulators. Surgical robotics simulation faces unique challenges due to the need to model diverse objects, such as rigid instruments, soft tissue, and fluids. While many studies simulate sutures or soft tissue independently, only a few have considered the complete soft-tissue suturing scenario, including the contact between sutures and deformable tissue during suture insertion. Building on previous work, this paper presents a novel suturing simulation environment using sutures modelled by position-based dynamics (PBD) and soft bodies modelled by the material point method (MPM) while considering two-way contact with frictional and drag forces. We introduce a contact coupling method between the PBD suture and the MPM soft tissue, enabling visually plausible suture-tissue interactions. The simulator is optimized for GPU execution with parallel scenes using...

arXiv Roboticsabout 3 hours ago
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