Surgical robot builds tiny paper airplane (video)

Like killing elephants, paper airplane construction is a skill passed from father to son generation after generation — at least until the robots take over. Dr. James Porter knows this and has done us the service of putting together a video showing him manipulating a da Vinci surgical robot to deftly fold a tiny paper airplane. So why not call in the kid and click through the break for all the go-action, daddy. It’s not quite as impressive as robotic prostate surgery but hey, at least it’s not prostate surgery. Continue reading Surgical robot builds tiny paper airplane (video) Surgical robot builds tiny paper airplane (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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