Robotic hand-held surgical instrument systems and methods

A hand-held surgical robotic system, the hand-held surgical robotic system comprising:

• a hand-held portion;
• a blade support movably coupled to the hand-held portion, the blade support including a blade mount defining a blade plane;
• a saw blade removably coupled to the blade support and disposed on the blade plane, the saw blade defining a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
• an actuator assembly operatively attached to the blade support and the hand-held portion, the actuator assembly configured to move the blade support relative to the handheld portion in a plurality of degrees of freedom;
• and
• a handle alignment member extending from the hand-held portion, the handle alignment member including a handle alignment projection extending toward the blade mount, wherein at least a portion of the handle alignment projection is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis of the saw blade as the actuator assembly moves the blade support relative to the hand-held portion;
• wherein the portion of the handle alignment projection and the blade plane are aligned when the blade support has an optimal range of motion relative to the hand-held portion.