Paranandi is part of the Junior Volunteer program at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford. He’s interested in the cardiology field and has spent the summer helping in that area of the hospital. “For someone interested in the medical field this program is a great way to see how people work,” he said. “You could see it on TV, but firsthand experience is always better.”
On Tuesday morning, Paranandi (featured in second from the left of the photo) and nine other Junior Volunteers got to test their video game skills using the da Vinci robot. The da Vinci® system is controlled by surgeons seated at a console next to the patient's bedside. The $1.7 million robot provides 3D HD vision capabilities, plus hand-eye instrumentation and movement for controlled precision and accuracy.Paranandi said that initially he was skeptical that the robot would work so well. But after controlling the robot with his hands, Paranandi said that he was fascinated to see how it worked. “I’m surprised how easily it mimics movement and how fast it was to learn to use,” he said. “It took a few minutes to get used to the movement, but it was like playing video games or playing with a stack of Legos.”
He also was surprised that using the controllers felt like you were really picking up the objects in the viewfinder. “It’s so intuitive you forget that you’re using a robot,” he said.
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