DARPA's TraumaPod project
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The first concept video of the system is very well known, and in 2006 the first phase of the research was successfully finished: equipping and integrating a robotic OR to be able to perform all tasks with now immediate human presence. A smaller Mitsubishi robot is servicing the da Vinci and provides faster tool exchange and tissue manipulation. The next phase is to improve the capabilities and reduce the size of the system, so it can really fit on a mobile first aid truck.
The robots developed with the help of DARPA (like the M7 or the Raven) have been tested in extreme environment already, in weightlessness and at NASA Aquarius underwater habitat (video).![](file:///C:/Users/T/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg)
The robots developed with the help of DARPA (like the M7 or the Raven) have been tested in extreme environment already, in weightlessness and at NASA Aquarius underwater habitat (video).
![](file:///C:/Users/T/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg)
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