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Canadian robot melds brain surgery, rocket science (2007)

1 pointsby neurotech1about 7 years ago

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neurotech1about 7 years ago
The recent news of Simone Giertz[0] (Queen of <i>something</i> robots) diagnosed with a brain tumor[1] made me wonder about neurosurgical robots.<p>neuroArm[2] is litterally a scaled down Canadarm[3] used on the space shuttle and now ISS.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Simone_Giertz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Simone_Giertz</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16959754" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16959754</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasa.gov&#x2F;mission_pages&#x2F;station&#x2F;research&#x2F;benefits&#x2F;neuro_Arm.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasa.gov&#x2F;mission_pages&#x2F;station&#x2F;research&#x2F;benefits...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;NeuroArm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;NeuroArm</a>