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Video: Robot Arms Fold Tiny Origami Bird

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What you see here is the da Vinci Surgical System, a pair of remote controlled arobotic arms design for keyhole surgery, folding an origami bird. This seemingly frivolous use for the kit is to demonstrate the ease and accuracy of operation. Great, but it's just a paper crane, right? Yes, but wait until the end of the clip to see just how tiny is the model.

Robots? Origami cranes? Somebody please tell us that Edward James Olmos was at the controls.

Surgeon folds origami crane smaller than a penny with robotic arms [Dvice via Pink Tentacle]


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