George Leighton, 8, of Cub Scout Den 9 points to the daVinci surgical robot’s camera image as Dr. Ravi Shah looks on at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia on Thursday, May 19, 2022 as part of event to mark the hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures but it also was a chance for the Cub Scout to earn their Robotics Badge. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Dr. Ravi Shah, left, works the daVinci robot as Cub Scouts from Den 9, from left, Nilon Shah, 9, George Leighton, 8, and Tyler Linderman, 9, watch his work on a computer screen at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The event marks the hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures but it also was a chance for the Cub Scouts in Den 9 to earn their Robotics Badge. Dr. Ravi is also a Cub Scout troop leader. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A look inside the “patient” reveals a test exercise on the daVinci surgical robot at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia on Thursday, May 19, 2022 allows Cub Scouts from Den 9 use the remote controls to place rings on rubber cones. The event marks the hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures but it also was a chance for the Cub Scouts in Den 9 to earn their Robotics Badge. Dr. Ravi is also a Cub Scout troop leader. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cub Scout Ethan Jackson, 8, of Den 9 peers into the test “patient” on the daVinci robot at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia on Thursday, May 19, 2022 during an event to mark hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures but it also was a chance for the Cub Scout to earn their Robotics Badge. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cub Scout Tyler Linderman, 9, works the controls of a daVinci surgical robot at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia on Thursday, May 19, 2022. during an event to mark the hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures but it also was a chance for the Cub Scout to earn their Robotics Badge. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cub Scout George Leighton, 8, of Den 9 peers into the test “patient” on the daVinci robot at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia on Thursday, May 19, 2022 during an event to mark hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures but it also was a chance for the Cub Scout to earn their Robotics Badge. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A screen shows the camera image from daVinci surgical robot as Cub Scouts from Den 9 attempt to place rings on rubber cones at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia on Thursday, May 19, 2022. during an event to mark the hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures but it also was a chance for the Cub Scout to earn their Robotics Badge. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cub Scouts from Den 9, from left, Arshawn Yamini, 8, George Leighton, 8, Ethan Jackson, 8, Tyler Linderman, 9, Cub Scout Troop leader Dr. Dr. Ravi Shah and Nilon Shah, 9, pose for a photo next to a daVinci surgical robot at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia on Thursday, May 19, 2022 as part of an event to mark hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures but it also was a chance for the Cub Scout to earn their Robotics Badge. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cub Scouts from Den 9, Troop 546 earned their Robotics Badge by participating in a celebration at Placentia-Linda Hospital to celebrate the hospital’s milestone of having completed more than 1,000 robotic procedures. At the celebration, scouts were able to get hands-on experience with the hospital’s da Vinci surgical robot on a test “patient.”