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Robot for IV Cancer Therapy

Getting the right mix of chemotherapy drugs, properly diluted, in a sterile IV bag, without contamination, can be a [MORE]

Advances in Brain-Machine Interface

“Shared Control” is the concept that drives brain-computer interfaces.  With a neuro-prosthetic arm, for instance, movement is a shared [MORE]

Robotic Toys for Autism Analysis

Hybridizing research in computer science, robotics, and psychiatry, professor Nikolaos Papenikolopoulos heads a project at the University of Minnesota [MORE]

“TriageBot”

Imagine a reasonably near-term time when ambulatory patients arriving at an ER check in at an electronic kiosk, sit [MORE]

Internal Device for Navigating Cancer Treatments

By implanting a tracking sensor inside a surgical patient’s body, robotics manufacturer Adept Technology, Inc. (Pleasanton, CA) is testing [MORE]

50 Year Perspective on Robotics

This piece hardly mentions medical or healthcare robotics, but its review of changes in vision, force control and tactile [MORE]

Market Forecast for Personal Robotics

Imagine sending your robot as your stand-in at a meeting, or, for that matter, a gaggle of robots holding [MORE]

ER Triage Robot

Calling their creation “Triage Bot,” or more formally, “Heterogeneous Artificial Agents for Triage Nurse Assistants,” computer engineers at Vanderbilt [MORE]

eLEGS for Paraplegics

“eLEGS” stands for exoskeleton Lower Extremity Gait System, which, in effect, is an exoskeleton a paraplegic can wear.  The [MORE]

Decatur, AL Robotics Technology Park and New Motoman Robotics Facility in Dayton, OH

In three phases, the State of Alabama is supporting development of a Robotics Technology Park in Decatur.  The first [MORE]

Diet Coach Robot

While it doesn’t have the “personal charm” of a Richard Simmons or Jillian Michaels, “Autom”-a robotic diet coach from [MORE]

The Future of Robotic Programming

Profactor (Steyr, Austria) has developed an industrial robot which uses an “intelligent 3D object recognition system” to teach the [MORE]

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Humanoid Robot “Kompai”

At a recent long term care insurance conference, the French company Robosoft (Bidart, France) introduced its humanoid robot that [MORE]

Join the Discussion – The Impact of Robotics on Healthcare

Question:  Will robotics and automation of service task help meet the challenge of the demographic change world wide affecting the [MORE]

Robotics “Virtual” Summit, June 16, 2010

All the presentations, Q&A periods, exhibitions and contacts that you would expect in a typical conference, are part of [MORE]

Roadmapping Robotics’ Directions

What are the critical capabilities for the future of medical and healthcare robots?  Here are some: intuitive human-robot interaction, [MORE]

Robot Fills IV Bags in Hospitals

Robots are proving to be reliable and productive contributors to the health care system.  A relative new comer to the [MORE]

Leading International Clinical Laboratory Automation Conference Announces 7th Program

The 7th biannual Cherry Blossom Symposium (also known as the  Conference of Clinical Laboratory Automation and Robotics) to  be held in [MORE]

First Robot-Assisted Endoscopic Aortic Value Replacement

ATS Medical, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) recently announced that its highly pliable aortic valve replacement had been used with the [MORE]