December 4, 2000
VOL. 30, NO. 13
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Ready, Set, Lego!
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Noah Frankenhauser, John Monti and Samuel Pinkava of Greater
Grace Christian Academy monitor the progress of their robotic
surgery. The trio won top honors at the 2000 Surgical Lego Robot
Competition held at the Wyman Park Building. The contest is held
annually to give area high school students hands-on education and
experience in engineering problem solving. Using Lego Mindstorms
kits, students build a computer-based medical robot that must
guide a needle through Jell-O and spear a grape, used to simulate
a tumor. The four-day event is sponsored by the university's
Engineering Research Center in Computer Integrated Surgical
Systems and Technology.
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