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This CNN article brought back old memories of some friends studying at the University of Florida vet school in Gainesville, Florida, back in the late '80s. I'll never forget how upset they were about having to "practice" on live animals to learn their studies. They had so wished there was some kind of robotic alternative to what they had to do. Took nearly twenty years, but these human robots showed they WILL get their wish.
Pregnant robot tests medical talents: Medical schools move away from using patients to learn (Monday, April 17, 2006)
VALLEJO, California (AP) -- Noelle's given birth in Afghanistan, California and dozens of points in between. She's a lifelike, pregnant robot used in increasing numbers of medical schools and hospital maternity wards.