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Old 12-06-2007, 02:15 PM   #1
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December 6, 2007: Robot patient



The Japanese have come up with this one, a dental patient who is... a robot. With the use of this automatron, dental students can see what it's like to drill teeth on a real-life patient before they ever drill on a real-life patient. The robot is programmed to react accurately when the drill touches a nerve.
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Old 12-06-2007, 02:18 PM   #2
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I'd drill that.
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Old 12-06-2007, 03:40 PM   #3
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They should make a fat, ugly robot with bad teeth and bad breath. That would give the dental students a feel for what they're getting into.
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Old 12-06-2007, 03:52 PM   #4
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oh, man.....

all the oral sex/real doll jokes are getting jammed up in my head......
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Old 12-06-2007, 03:53 PM   #5
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A robotic Fat Bastard, maybe?
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Old 12-06-2007, 04:06 PM   #6
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What did they do, buy one of them "Real Doll" thingies and hook it up with electronics? Boys DO play with dolls! Creepy...
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Old 12-06-2007, 04:24 PM   #7
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Why is she cross eyed though?
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Old 12-06-2007, 04:25 PM   #8
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oh, man.....

all the oral sex/real doll jokes are getting jammed up in my head......
I stared at UT's post for a full three minutes, running over all the possibilities in my head.
Then I panicked and posted something quickly, just so I'd be the first one to reply.
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Old 12-06-2007, 04:56 PM   #9
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I stared at UT's post for a full three minutes, running over all the possibilities in my head.
Then I panicked and posted something quickly, just so I'd be the first one to reply.
There's a special place in Hell for hip-posters like you.
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Old 12-06-2007, 06:51 PM   #10
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Shit, mockingbird sent me a link to this the other day that had a video with it as well...now I'll have to see if I can find that link in my history or something...

Bwahaha....found it:
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/11/...-valley-video/
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Old 12-06-2007, 06:56 PM   #11
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The robot is programmed to react accurately when the drill touches a nerve
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just do something like this?
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Old 12-07-2007, 01:16 AM   #12
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The robot is programmed to react accurately when the drill touches a nerve.

...or should we wi-fi the signal to the dentist's oral nerves instead
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Old 12-07-2007, 03:27 AM   #13
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I saw this story on a Japanese site a month or so ago, but without the picture, so I decided not to post it here.
IIRC the funniest bit is that "her" breasts are equipped with sensors and she reacts (negatively) to inappropriate touching. Who says engineers don't have a sense of humor?
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Old 12-07-2007, 04:47 AM   #14
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Wouldn't it be cheaper to just do something like this?
Don't ever go away again Shawnee, please.
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Old 12-07-2007, 07:46 AM   #15
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all the oral sex/real doll jokes are getting jammed up in my head......
That was my first thought, too.. she looks just like a real doll. Only, I don't think they normally have crossed eyes. Is that for the ocular surgery students??
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