Methods providing bend plans for surgical rods and related controllers and computer program products

A system providing robotic bending used to bend a surgical rod, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled with the processor wherein the memory includes computer readable program code so that when the computer readable program code is executed by the processor, the processor performs operations comprising,
• providing a set of transformation points corresponding to respective attachment implants,
• generating a bend plan for the surgical rod based on the set of transformation points, and
• generating an image output to render the set of transformation points and the bend plan on a display,
• wherein the set of transformation points comprises a first set of transformation points, wherein the bend plan comprises a first bend plan for the surgical rod based on the first set of transformation points, wherein the memory further includes computer readable program code so that when the computer readable program code is executed by the processor, the processor performs operations comprising,
• providing a second set of transformation points corresponding to the respective attachment implants, wherein the first and second sets of transformation points are different,
• generating a second bend plan for the surgical rod based on the second set of transformation points, wherein the first and second bend plans are different, and
• generating a third bend plan for the surgical rod based on merging the first and second bend plans and/or merging the first and second sets of transformation points,
• wherein generating the image output comprises generating the image output to render the first, second, and third bend plans.