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Robotic Telesurgery by Remote Surgeons

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the does-it-hurt-when-i-do-*this* dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In a few years, telesurgery performed by multi-armed robots remotely controlled by real surgeons located hundreds or thousands of kilometers away will become commonplace. Today, Canadian doctors from the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS) are developing the technology for NASA. Their goal is to build a portable robotic unit that would be used in space missions, war zones and remote areas within five years. So far, the experiments already done in Canada and for NASA are extremely encouraging. But read more for additional details and pictures of a real surgeon controlling such a robot."

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  1. Problems? by mr-mafoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Oh no! The connection's lagging doctor!"

    "Reconfigure the upstream bandwidth, and re-route all traffic to the backup server!"

    1. Re:Problems? by IgLou · · Score: 3, Funny

      Better yet, make the robot surgeons web accessible.

      Nurse: "Doctor the robo-surgeon seems to have crashed."
      Doctor: "Look on the display it says, nothing for you to see? What's going on"
      In bursts the network admin exclaiming: "The surgeon he's been... slashdotted!"

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    2. Re:Problems? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I heard the UK is about to pass a law that outlaws this sort of thing...

  2. A new thing you don't want to hear from your doc: by Cordath · · Score: 2, Funny

    Laaaaaag!

  3. CounterStrike Surgeons by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably already been stated, but I can see it now...

    Doctor [Scalpel] Patient
    Doctor: WTF LAG

  4. Trouble by tocs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh no, I thought the scalpel was moving away from the patient!!!

  5. Personally.. by Kelz · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm paying my doctor too much already to allow HIM to telecommute.

  6. Re:A new thing you don't want to hear from your do by 0racle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dr. Leroy Jenkins MD

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    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
  7. What is it with Canadians by Winlin · · Score: 2, Funny

    and robotic arms? Are there secret Mech bases out there in the tundra or something? Well I for one welcome our remotely controlling, Molson dispensing overlords, eh.

  8. From the Western Redundancy Playhouse Theater... by shoolz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wouldn't simply Robotic Telesurgery be an appropriate title? Wouldn't simply Robotic Telesurgery be an appropriate title?

  9. h@ck3d by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    All your spleen are belong to us

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    Table-ized A.I.
  10. Re:A new thing you don't want to hear from your do by srmalloy · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is going to bring a whole new meaning to "blue screen of death".