Watch as Four-Armed Robot Peels Grape
- Posted on October 6, 2011 at 4:00pm by
Liz Klimas
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Human hands can only go so far when it comes to detailed surgeries. Small jobs with small incisions are being performed in more than 1,400 hospitals with this octopus-like robot.
Da Vinci from Intuitive Surgical in Sunnyvale, Calif., sports four arms that allow it to perform various functions during the surgery, while being controlled by an actual surgeon watching a monitor a few feet away.
Watch da Vinci show how it can gently and accurately peel a grape:
This line of surgical robots, according to Intuitive Surgical, is mostly used with “keyhole” surgeries, those with small incisions and little scarring.
According to New Scientist, the U.S. Department of Defense is looking into similar robots, Trama Pods, to be used in field medical settings while injured soldiers wait to be evacuated.
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angry nerd
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 1:04amA million dollar grape pealer, can I get a second for only $19.99
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:31pmImagine what they’ll be able to do with the damaged brains of the left someday, peeling the nuttiness away with surgical precision.
Report Post »Alaska K8
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 1:45amHahahahahah
Report Post »Krutch
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:13amOh great! When the VA gets this device I can eat my grapes with the skin on and not worry about it.
I still want to know I’m not the first live tissue the Doc is working on!
Report Post »yankeedoodledandy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:00amI’m very thankful that the surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore used the Da Vinci to remove my cancerous prostate and left my nerves intact so that I can still get an erection and enjoy sex. Ain’t technology beautiful? What a wonderful country we live in.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 9:04amYanky, opposite case here.
Report Post »Apparently the level of removal is proportional to erectile dysfunction.
Cialis induced massive headaches and Viagra affected the systolic level.
Don’t know the secret yet, but still looking.
Cat
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:37amBeen the grape under ‘Da Vinci’ with a micro-physicist / surgeon at the helm.
Report Post »The team separated the urethra from the bladder, removed a muscle, pulled the muscle through the abdomen then sewed the urethra back to the bladder, in four hours.
Don’t have a prostate anymore.
yankeedoodledandy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:53amYep, I had my grape peeled too, almost three years ago. I hope your recovery is going well. Life isn‘t the same anymore but it’s good to be alive and there is still a lot of pleasure to be had. Hang in there my friend.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:22am@Yanky
The favorite pastime had to be modified, other then that, it’s good to be alive!
Report Post »Hope you are doing well.
JimmyP
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:11amThis is some scarry poo. OK, so peeling a grape when a $400,000/yr doctor is doing the Wizard of Oz thing with his head stuck in a bucket is a noce parlor trick. I just want to know when these can openers can make a glass (to order) of fine Chardonnay? Or massage a family of five? Or replace the roomba vacuum cleaner while simultaneously painting a pretty good replica of Nude Decending a Staircase?
I suppose we will end up having Chinese peasants operating these Transformer thingie from a barn outside of WuHu China soon. Why not? Heck, they can be trained same as American Doctors. No lighting or heat is necessary in the room. If the Chi-Com peasant screws up, s/he will take a late night submarine swim for a few hours and gert replaced with another one.
Yep, we’re all set. Hey, did I hear that Richard Trumpka, Andy Stern and James Hoffa are on a mission to expand unions in international markets? Hey, your best bet, boys is right here in home-town China. It‘s low hanging fruit for y’all!
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 11:42pmNot to take away from the amazing feat of engineering that is this “robot”, but this grape was being peeled by a man with a very high tech tool. The “robot” itself cannot do squat.
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