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Surgical robot demo inspires BA team

School’s robotics team competing in Houston

With Bulloch Academy student J.P. Theriot, 14, bottom center, at the controls of the da Vinci Xi surgical system, a da Vinci clinical territory associate explains to members of the BA Robotics Team how the system works at East Georgia Regional Medical Center Monday. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

With Bulloch Academy student J.P. Theriot, 14, bottom center, at the controls of the da Vinci Xi surgical system, a da Vinci clinical territory associate explains to members of the BA Robotics Team how the system works at East Georgia Regional Medical Center Monday. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

The Bulloch Academy Robotics Team received a special opportunity Monday when they attended a demonstration of East Georgia Regional Medical Center's surgical robot da Vinci Xi.