Med-i CREATE students took part in a 2-week long tabletop challenge where they actively participated in a team-based project aimed at exploring a system’s capacity to autonomously handle surgical tools and workflow tasks. They were given the chance to either enhance existing techniques or devise new methods for achieving this objective. The result of the tabletop challenge is below:
1st position: Group 3
Members: Alexandra Robins, Chris Yeung, Dilakshan Srikanthan, Joeana Cambranis Romero
Mentor: Tamas Ungi
2nd Position: Group 4
Members: Aden, Edward Wang, Kaitlyn Kobayashi, Mohamed Harmanani, Rachel Theriault
Mentor: Rebecca Hisey
3rd Position: Group 2
Members: David Morton, Emily Cameron, Hanad Elmi, Ramtin Mojtahedi, Suruthy Sivanathan
Mentor: Fahimeh Fooladgar