At 9:00 AM on Saturday, between one and two hundred neurosurgery experts from across the country gathered in the small plaza in front of the Affiliated Hospital's main teaching building to watch a demonstration of an intelligent surgical robot's puncture and injection capabilities.
The target for the puncture demonstration was an eighteen-pound watermelon.
This particular demonstration was designed to showcase the intelligent surgical robot's capabilities in three key areas.
First, its ability to convert MRI scans into a three-dimensional digital model.
Second, its 3D spatial positioning accuracy.
Third, its ability to autonomously design puncture pathways.
As the crowd of medical experts watched, a processed, three-dimensional transparent view of the watermelon rotated on a large screen.
Each and every watermelon seed was rendered in lifelike detail, embedded within the oval-shaped 3D image.
The sight would make anyone with trypophobia dizzy, their skin crawl.
