Team UV

Redefining the classical concept of an underwater vehicle.

  • Home
  • About
  • Member Bios
  • Contact/FAQ
  • Sponsors & Donations

Performing Surgery on a Grape with the da Vinci Surgical System

Posted by Andrew (Team UV) on June 9, 2015
Posted in: Well Read. Tagged: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Engineering, Machine Design, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Robots, Surgery, Technology, Well Read.

The da Vinci Surgical System in action. Photo Credit: medicaldaily.com

As many of you are aware, we are in the transitioning phase of this website as we close out TeamUV.org and transition to EngineeringAFuture.com over the next two months, so this will be Andrew’s last Well Read post here at Team UV, but not to fear, there are still two months of posts left here and the same types of articles will be carried over onto EAF (Engineering A Future), so without further ado, please enjoy the following:

The tiny toothed pincers above are part of a non-robotic system called the da Vinci Surgical System.  The design is called non robotic as the operating doctor is in full control of the system.  It basically translates the movements of a surgeon into micro-movements in the da Vinci’s intruments.

The idea behind this system is to give surgeons expanding capabilities and a minimally invasive option for major surgery.  Here is a video of it in action:

Now that is some cool engineering!

Until next time…

Share:

  • Tweet
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Posts navigation

← Engineering Life Lessons
Big Thanks to Bandel Manufacturing →
  • Project SymposiumMay 29, 2015
    The big day is here.
  • Fundraising!

    GoFundMe.com/TeamUV
  • Social Media

    • Team UV Facebook
    • Team UV Instagram
    • Team UV Twitter
  • Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

  • Tags

    3D Printing 3rd World 4D Printing 9/11 Acoustics Aerodynamics Aerospace Aerospace Engineering Air Force Airplanes Always Remember America Animals Apparel Arduino Armed Forces Army Art Automotive Ballet Battery Beach Beer Biochemistry Biology Biomedical Engineering Biomimetics Biomimicry Blog Brave Bugs Cancer Cancer Cure Car Cars CFD Challenge Chemical Engineering Chemistry Christmas Christmas Tree Christmas Tree Hairspray Climate Clothing Coast Guard Coatings Color Community Company Competition Computer Computer Programming Conference Control Systems Cosmetics Courage Crazy Creativity Creature Cure Current Cycle Damage Dance Defense Desert Design Diagnosis Disaster Dive Diving DIY Donations Door Locks Drone Drones Dynamics EAF Earthquake Education Electrical Engineering Electrochemistry Electromechanical Engineering Electronics Energy Engineering Engineering A Future Engineering Feats Entertainment Environment Everyday Exploration Explore Explosions Facility Farm Fire Fireworks Fish Fishing Flight Flood Flow Fluid Mechanics Flying Food Fossil Fuels Freedom Fun Fundraising Gears Go Fund Me GoFundMe Hairspray Health Heat Transfer History Holidays Home Hope Hubble Space Telescope Impact Innovate Innovation Insects ISR Jumping LED Light List Locks Machine Design Maintenance Makeup Manufacturing Marine Marine Corps Materials Engineering Materials Science Math Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials Mechanism Media Medical Military Mindset Momentum Movies Museum Music Nature Naval Naval Engineering Navy Never forget Nuclear Ocean Office Office Wars One Open Mind Optics Outreach Owl Patriot Patriot Day Photos Polymer Polymers Poverty Power Power Generation Power Plant Presentation Printing Problem Solving Programming Propellers Rail Gun Research Resilient Ride Robotics Robots Rocket Science Roller Coasters Running SCCUR School Science Senior Project September 11th Service Members Shark Ships Simple Simple but Complex Design Small Business Smart Phone Snakes Solar Energy SONAR Space Space Telescope Special Effects Spirirts Sponge Filled Syringe Sponsor Sports Stability Stealth STEM Stress Analysis Strong Submarine Suit Support Our Troops Sustainability Swimming Syringe Team Team UV Technology Textiles Thank You Thermodynamics Top 10 Engineering Feats 2014 Travel Troubleshooting Electronics Turbulence UAV Underwater Coating UUV Venom Veterans Veterans Day Vibration Wakeboard Wakeboarding Water Water Purification Water Sports Waves Welcome Well Read Wind Wind Turbine Wine
  • Archives

    • July 2015
    • June 2015
    • May 2015
    • April 2015
    • March 2015
    • February 2015
    • January 2015
    • December 2014
    • November 2014
    • October 2014
    • September 2014
    • August 2014
    • July 2014
  • Categories

    • Blog
    • Open Mind
    • Presentations
    • Well Read
  • Authors

  • Team UV Timezone: GMT -7 Hours
    24 Hour World Clock
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
%d bloggers like this: