Robot surgeon uses frighteningly large needle to remove shrapnel, your resistance
By Tim Stevens 
posted Jun 22nd 2009 9:41AM
posted Jun 22nd 2009 9:41AM
We've reported on many a creepy looking and dangerous sounding robot in the past, but this one might just take the cake when it comes to dominating your nightmares for the next few nights. Developed by a team at Duke University, the bot uses ultrasound to identify areas of density in human flesh, then starts probing them with a rather painfully large looking needle. It could be used to locate and extract bits of shrapnel from stricken GIs on the battlefield, but that same tech might also be deployed to pierce women's breasts and men's prostates -- ostensibly to treat cancers of those respective regions, but we can think of more nefarious reasons. The bot doesn't have a name, but once it and its kind take over, neither will you. [Via gizmag]
Sha-weeeet~!
why is he smiling like that?
Because his prick is bigger then yours?
Sorry I had to. I'll go sit in a corner now and think about what I did.
Think about where they other arm might be...
i still prefer the electromagnet method
I am NOT bending over and coughing for that thing.
ha ha - Robots are going take over and kill us!
That's one floating black orb away from having a place on the Death Star.
nice
Probo + kids + Chris Hansen = best Engadget photoshop ever.
Great stuff.
It looks lik ehe has a robotic arm. very nice shopp job.
I'm not sure it is shopped, he's leaning on it, it's a nice job of the photographer on scene to pick the angle and tell the guy to stand there, but I'm not sure that's any adobe getting involved with the positioning part, although it's hard to be sure of course, there is some processing done and it's hard to tell what's real.
Perfect, since now we couldn't yell to the one who handles the needle.
Pretty freaking creepy
If that 'guy' is the robot surgeon, I'll take two please. Surely it can be reprogrammed to my pool boy. Eh, maybe I just need one pool boy. What to do with the other one...
as long as this thing does not start shouting "hastala vista baby" or "restistance is futile" the world will be okey...
Keep that think away from my prostate!
Keep that THING away from prostate.
(Engadget, when are you going to let people edit their own comments?)
Never. Because lazy is how Engadget rolls.
Removing shrapnel eh, so it's developed in canada for fixing US friendly fire incidents I assume?
today innocent surgeon robot...tomorrow dark overlord IT-O droid (http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/ito/index.html)
"Content blocked by your organization" :(
for a second there i thought his left arm was the giant needle
Lies! Thats a adamantium injector to create super mutant GIs.
In related news, the robotic Mohel Extreme2010 will be performing the first automated bris as soon as a few kinks can be ironed out.
I, for one, welcome anyone who wishes to go ahead of me in the queue of test subjects.
this connected with an Iphone, i see Skynet...