Articulating Robotic Arm For Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgical Robot And Method For Production

A method for producing an articulating robotic arm, comprising the steps of:

• providing a proximal arm segment whose direction of extent defines a longitudinal axis of the robotic arm;
• providing a distal arm segment comprising a pinion segment formed with pinion teeth arranged about a pivot axis in the form of a pinion;
• connecting the distal arm segment to the proximal arm segment such that the distal arm segment is pivotable about the pivot axis relative to the proximal arm segment and the pivot axis extends orthogonal to the longitudinal axis;
• and
• arranging a rack element on the proximal arm segment such that
• the rack element is movable in the longitudinal direction of the rack element parallel to the longitudinal axis by means of a translation, and
• rack teeth formed on the rack element are engaged with the pinion teeth so that a movement of the rack element in the longitudinal direction via the rack teeth and the pinion teeth is converted into a rotational movement of the distal arm segment about the pivot axis and the distal arm segment pivots relative to the proximal arm segment about the pivot axis.