Systems and methods of providing assistance to a surgeon for minimizing errors during a surgical procedure

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause one or more processors to:

• plan for a surgical procedure for a subject patient having an identified condition by:
• receiving input identifying at least one of a haptic barrier and a hard barrier for different types of tissues, wherein the haptic barrier and the hard barrier define a barrier between different types of tissues, wherein the haptic barrier defines a barrier for a first type of tissue selected from the group consisting of musculoskeletal systems and skin systems and the hard barrier defines a barrier for a second type of tissue selected from the group consisting of nervous systems and cardiovascular systems, and
• associating at least one form of feedback with, respectively, the haptic barrier and the hard barrier;
• and
• provide real-time assistance during an actual surgical procedure on the subject patient by:
• monitoring a position of a robotic surgical tool,
• detecting movement of the robotic surgical tool into at least one of the haptic barrier and the hard barrier, wherein a level of cautiousness associated with the first type of tissue defining the haptic barrier is lower than a level of cautiousness associated with the second type of tissue defining the hard barrier,
• providing a haptic feedback when the robotic surgical tool enters into the haptic barrier, and
• completely stopping further movement of the robotic surgical tool into the hard barrier when the robotic surgical tool enters into the hard barrier, until the robotic surgical tool is removed from the hard barrier.