Event: UBC Engineering Open House
Date/ Time: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: Fred Kaiser Building Atrium
2332 Main Mall, UBC Vancouver
For map, visit: www.maps.ubc.ca?313
Meet a robot that’s capable of ultra-precise surgical movements or get up close and personal with a massive robotic arachnid at the UBC Engineering Open House this Saturday, Nov. 7.
The projects on display, from Rosie the Robot to the massive Mondo Spider, will show how engineers are creating novel solutions to some of today’s most challenging problems.
New this year is the Surgical Robot, a hand-controlled scalpel that allows surgeons to minimize tissue removal during orthopaedic surgery and protects sensitive areas during surgery.
Media are invited to cover the demonstrations during Open House. Please contact Wendy Barthel at 604.827.4762 wendy.barthel@ubc.ca for details and demo times. (Please call 604.218.3584 on event day).
For more information and a list of scheduled events, visit www.engineering.ubc.ca/openhouse
