Ultimately, the open source revolution and digital fabrication have the potential to give just about anyone the ability to make anything, regardless of background or experience. Even robotic surgeons, according to a recent Heise article. In order to bring down the cost of surgical robots, like laparoscopic machines, Frank Kolkman launched Open Surgery, an open source project to create a low-cost, open source, surgical robot.
On the Open Surgery site, Kolkman describes the development process behind the Surgery Pirate, his open source, laparoscopic robot. …
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