Troop 448 Robotics Field Trip
On Sunday, November 6, 2011 Troop 448 traveled to St. David's North Austin Medical Center. The Robotics Club traveled there for a field trip on robotic surgery. St. David's is a medical center that has da Vinci Robotic Surgery This is a robotic surgery that involves humans controlling a four armed robot to do surgery that is easier done with a robot than done with human work. At St. David's, we dressed in protective gear so we would not infect the hospital. Then we were taken to the surgery room where the robot was. They showed us the robot. The robot has 4 arms and cameras. It has many different attachments to do different types of surgery. There are many cameras to get different angles. We were also shown the controls to the robot. You can control the robot with your hands and the camera with your feet. We were all given a chance to control the robot with a game of Operation. It was much easier than playing with your hands. Everyone had fun at our Troop 448 Robotics Field Trip. Below are pictures (not taken by the troop) of the da Vinci robot.
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