Imperiakicks off UK Robotics Week with a challenge
A surgical robotics challenge will be held at Imperiatomorrow as part of UK Robotics Week celebrations.
The week-long celebration (25 June – 1 July) aims to help people to learn more about robotics, stimulate discussion about the role of robots in our lives and inspire the next generation of scientists.
is organised by the and supported by the .
Professor Yang says UK Robotics Week provides an opportunity to talk about how robotics will change our lives.
As part of the celebrations, 海角社区’s will hold This is an international competition where teams from around the world will come to Imperiato showcase the latest innovations in surgical robotics.
The aim of the challenge is for teams to augment commercially available surgical robotic technology for a range of new purposes. Each team will have three hours to set up their surgical robot and demonstrate their innovation to a panel of experts including pioneers of the field and leading surgeons. Competition prize money in total is £10,000. [...]
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Catarina Fernandes
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