System and method for integrated surgical table

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a control unit of a computer-assisted device comprising an articulated arm, a table movement request from a table command unit of a table communicatively coupled to the computer-assisted device via a communication connection, the table being separate from the computer-assisted device;
• determining, by the control unit, whether the table movement request should be allowed;
• and
• allowing, by the control unit, the table to perform the table movement request based on determining that the table movement request should be allowed.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors associated with a computer-assisted device comprising an articulated arm are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a table movement request from a table command unit of a separate table communicatively coupled to the computer-assisted device via a communication connection;
• determining whether the table movement request should be allowed;
• and
• allowing the table to perform the table movement request based on determining that the table movement request should be allowed.