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The robot Da vinci
//By Sara Luján//

This is a famous robot that works in hospitals since 2000. A few days ago all the people of the world could see this robot in a webcasting from the Baptist Health Hospital in Miami. Doctors from that center show us how this machine works. The name of the robot is in honor of the famous painter and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci. This machine works as an assistant for doctors.



In medical surgeons assist doctors to cut body parts (especially small parts of the belly). The machine was designed to avoid shakes and trembles in doctors hands. Da Vinci is driven by a doctor, one robotic arm has the camera that go inside the body and helps the surgeon to see his work in a 3D computer screen.

This robot has about 800 "brothers" in all the world. The doctors that uses Da Vinci say that working with this machine is more fast than in the traditional operating room.

The cost of this robot is about 1.2 millionn of dollars. There are only five in South America: two in Brazil and two in Venezuela. Peru doesnt have anyone but there were some plans in Essalud to buy it one a few years ago.

If you want to see the video of an operation with the robot and testimonials of doctors you can see it here: media type="youtube" key="ijeACH2uolE" height="344" width="425"

or here (http://www.or-live.com/baptisthealth/2389/event/rnh.cfm) where doctors from Baptist Health explain in spanish how does this machine works. **Don´t forgot to respond the questions before you make a clic to view this video..**

http://www.or-live.com/baptisthealth/2389/register.cfm?&id=2

The new robot terminator for U.S Military Army
By Aaron Paredes

Washington: Robot manufacturer irobot Corporation and development company Metal Storm have invected a war robot for U.S Military Army.

Expert behind the terminator- like war robot have yet to name it.As of know, the robot is being marketed for crowd control scenes.

Its makers say that they are trying to enble the machine to work in several other military situations too.We want our soldiers to have options of controlling a robot that could go ahead and investigate, engage or deter an enemy and not put human soldiers at risk.

Discovery News quoted a spokesman for metal storm as saying, on condition of anonymity.

The source said that as many as 12 different metal storm weapons, which are different from other guns in respect of tehe firing mechanism, could be put onto the robot.