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Open-Source Surgical Robot Fuels University Research
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/7021/012312_Blake_Hannaford_Raven_II.large.JPG?1327433153&1327433152 "Raven II robot")
Professors Blake Hannaford, front left, and Jacob Rosen, front right, controlling the Raven II robot.
Credit: Blake Hannaford
U.S. researchers have developed a new, open source robot — said to be the first of its kind — that is now facilitating robotic laparoscopic surgery research at seven different universities.
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