STDA047 September   2026 AWR2188 , AWR2944P , IWR6243 , IWR6843 , IWR6843AOP , IWRL6432

 

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  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Why Radar in Robotics
  5. 2Why TI mmWave FMCW Radar for Robotics?
  6. 3Radar Products for any Robotics Application
  7. 4TI mmWave Radar Portfolio for Robotics
  8. 5Robotics Market Requirements – What Radar Solves
    1. 5.1 Humanoid and Bipedal Robots
    2. 5.2 Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR)
    3. 5.3 Industrial Fixed-Mount Radar
    4. 5.4 Medical and Surgical Robotics
  9. 6Recommended Products
    1. 6.1 High Resolution IWR6243 Cascade Radar
      1. 6.1.1 Reference Design
      2. 6.1.2 Hardware Stack
      3. 6.1.3 Software Stack
    2. 6.2 Form Factor Optimized IWR6843 AOP Radar
      1. 6.2.1 Reference Design
  10. 7Design and Documentation Support
    1. 7.1 Tools and Software
    2. 7.2 Documentation Support
    3. 7.3 Resources
  11. 8Acknowledgments

5.4 Medical and Surgical Robotics

Key applications: OR staff proximity detection, surgical arm spatial awareness

IWR6243 Surgical Robot Operating on Sample Surface Figure 5-4 Surgical Robot Operating on Sample Surface
  • OR Staff Safety and Proximity Detection: Surgical robotic systems operate in close proximity to patients and clinical staff in controlled environments with readily available high-performance compute. Surgical robots must stop or pause when a surgeon or scrub tech enters the arm's operating envelope.
  • Surgical Arm Spatial Awareness: Robotic arms operating over a patient require real-time awareness of the surrounding volume to prevent unintended contact. Radar provides this spatial map independent of OR lighting conditions; overhead surgical lights, shadows, and reflective draping that challenge cameras do not affect mmWave performance.