WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — It’s not every day you get the chance to take a multimillion-dollar piece of machinery for a test drive.

That’s what the public got to do recently, as Saint Mary’s Hospital unveiled its newest high-tech equipment — the $2 million da Vinci SI Robotic Surgical System. Set up near the Christmas tree in the hospital’s lobby, the system was available for two hours for anyone, from the public to staff members, to sit down and try out; about 100 people did.