Surgical Robots To Play “Operation” Game
Writing by Conner Flynn on Thursday, 20 of September , 2007 at 11:57 pm
In yet another instance of bots imitating human life, scientists at the University of British Columbia have constructed surgical robots that they hope will perform the medical feats of the future. Since the future is not here yet, today they will be playing a large version of the “Operation” game.
Second-year students will work in teams and create prototype “surgeons”. The goal will be to see which robot can remove the most metal parts in two minutes. Of course, they have to be careful not to remove the wrong part and just like the classic game, try not to bump the sides of the “incisions”. They fail to mention whether a wrong move is accompanied by the familiar angry buzzer or not. The robots are being built completely from scratch and will be operated autonomously with no remote controls whatsoever.
Check out the video after the jump. It starts with a cartoon, has robots AND Operation. Need I say more?
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Comment by Tyche Web Technologies
Made Monday, 3 of January , 2011 at 4:29 am
The objective of their version of the Operation game is to remove the most metal body parts in two minutes, without removing the wrong eye and without bumping the sides of the “incisions.” The robots are built from scratch and are operated autonomously – no remote controls.
