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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. In my faculty... by dotancohen · · Score: -1, Redundant

    In mechanical engineering, we play doctor with the girls from biomedicine. Now that I know how the CS majors play doctor, I'm glad that I wasn't accepted...

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  2. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our new organ-harvesting overlords.