The Week contest: Robot E.R.

This week's question: Researchers at Stanford and Johns Hopkins have trained robots to perform basic surgical tasks — such as suturing wounds with needle and thread — with all the skills of a human doctor. If a TV network were to create a medical drama about a hospital with an all-robot staff, what title should it give the series?

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THE WINNER: "St. Software"

Mike Reiss, New York City

SECOND PLACE: "Grey's Automaton"

Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma

THIRD PLACE: "Nip/Tech"

Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

"Robo-Op"

Julio Suarez, Plano, Texas

"HAL-Practice"

Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts

"iRobot, uPatient"

Janet Oberfoell, Monticello, Iowa

"Marcus WALL-E, M.D."

Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts

"The Doctor Will C++ You Now"

Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia

"Dr. Tin, Medicine Man"

Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana

"ER2-D2"

John R. Bregoli, Weymouth, Massachusetts

"Generated Hospital"

Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas

"Hawkeye, A.I."

Ron Bruns, Colorado Springs, Colorado

"Tronsplant"

Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts

"A.I.C.U."

Steve Bruchey, Hillsborough, New Jersey