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Undergrad-built Robots Play "Operation"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you're-the-doctor-having-so-much-fun dept.

jnakane writes "UBC Engineering Physics students pit prototype operation robots against each other for prizes and bragging rights in the 7th Annual Robot Competition. Offering solutions to handle delicate body parts on a 6-foot long version of the playing surface resembling the board game "Operation" (including the "shock" buzzer), the second-year students designed and built autonomous surgical robots to remove body organs reliably and quickly (well, most of the time). You can also see video footage."

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  1. So? by Sunburnt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone knows the game is only fun when played as "strip Operation" with a group of drunk college students. Who the hell wants to see robots naked?

    (...he says, kicking a nearby Sorayama book under the couch.)

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  2. Figures... by moehoward · · Score: 4, Funny


    A bunch of geeks build a robot to "play doctor" instead of doing it themselves. When will it end?

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    1. Re:Figures... by dkf · · Score: 2, Funny

      A bunch of geeks build a robot to "play doctor" instead of doing it themselves. When will it end? At least you know none of them are "playing doctors and nurses"...
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  3. Re:No need to rtfa by Teifion · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is no article, just a Youtube video? Thus upsetting a sum total of 5% of the people that would normally read the article while the other 95% don't even notice.
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  4. Re:Weak Robot Names by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Need to go more in the Battlebots direction:

    The Vivisector
    The Amputator
    Dr. Lecter
    Medica Malpractica
    The Ripper

  5. Re:Weak Robot Names by physicsphairy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which would all be really great names for rock bands.

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  6. Re:"Macro" Operation, that is by fbjon · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hah, call me when they make a robot that can play through the last levels of Trauma Center: Under the knife.


    Hint: requires at least 5 limbs capable of gripping a stylus.

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