Curriculum+Workshop-+Activity+Design+Two-+Robotics

// Researching Robotic Arms – a collaborative effort using Prezi // We will be researching robotic arms and putting the information we find on a Prezi. Go to the link below and create a Prezi account if you don’t already have one.
 * Note: there is an educator signup that gives you an upgrade!**

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After you get on the Robotic Arms Research Prezi sight do the following:
 * Research the different types and uses for robotic arms.
 * Put the information you find on our Prezi.
 * See if you can post some pictures and videos too about robotic arms.

// Robotic Surgery Simulation – modeling a real life robotic system //

Part 1: Technical Training []
 * First, we need to download the program to run our robotic arm. (Your instructor will assist you with this)


 * Second, we need to download the program on to our robot and try it out! How do you move the arm up and down? How do you move it left and right? How do you close the claws?

__Part 2: General Surgery __
 * The robot needs to start in “home” position. When the robot arm is located here objects such as scalpels can be inserted or removed.
 * Next, every person in a lab group needs to attempt to make a 4 – 6 cm incision on the patient at the points where it is marked I1, I2 and I3. Switch the scalpels (marker colors) between doctors so it is easier to identify which doctor made the incisions.

Thanks to robot surgery, surgeons can now operate using small incisions (cuts) and with greater precision and control than ever before. Robot surgery can help surgeons minimize the pain and risk associated with surgery while increasing the likelihood of a fast recovery.

__Part 3: Bladder Cancer __ The bladder is a hollow organ that stores urine. It is located inside the lower abdomen, is about the size of a grapefruit and is distensible (elastic) which allows its muscular wall to get larger and smaller. Bladder cancer is a disease in which cancer cells form in the tissues of the bladder. Over 67,000 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Fortunately, most people with bladder cancer will not die of the disease but it does claim about 13,000 lives each year.

Possible Surgical Treatment: Cystectomy. A cystectomy is the removal of all or part of the bladder. If the bladder is removed, the surgeon creates a new way or path for urine to be stored and to leave the body.


 * Ensure the robot starts at “home” position.
 * First, the doctor needs to remove the bladder at point A and place it in the bowl at point B.
 * Move the robot arm back to “home” position and insert a marker.
 * Second the doctor needs to create a new path for the urine by making an incision across the square point A is occupying (please remove the plastic cylinder before making the incision).
 * Every doctor should successfully perform this operation. Switch scalpels (color markers) to better identify each doctor’s incision.

__Part 4: Coronary Bypass __ Surgery is generally the most effective way to treat disorders of the heart. Minimally invasive options using robot surgery are sometimes available for patients facing heart surgery, such as a coronary bypass.

Coronary Bypass - this is a type of heart surgery that reroutes, or "bypasses," blood around clogged arteries to improve blood flow and oxygen to the heart.
 * Ensure the robot starts at “home” position.
 * First, make a small 4 – 6 cm incision between the ribs at point C.
 * Move the robot arm back to “home” position and insert a bypass graft into the claw. Move it back to point C and drop the bypass graft so it touches the incision line but does NOT touch either rib.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Every doctor should successfully perform this operation. Switch scalpels (color markers) between doctors.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16pt;">Part 5: Orthopedic Surgery __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sometimes robots are used in orthopedic surgeries. Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Robots can be used in orthopedic surgery to cut a bone to just the right size.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Start the robot in “home” position.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Move to point D, pick up the bone and carry it back to the “home” position.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Remove the bone from the robot claw, pretend to saw it, then put it back in the robot claw.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Move the bone back to point D and set it upright the way it was originally using the robot arm.

//Discussion// - generating a group list of other science and engineering modeling possibilities using Prezi. Below is our Prezi link.

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