POSTS TAGGED AS robots

MRI-Guided Surgical Robot

Pierre Dupont, PhD chief of Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering at Children’s Hospital Boston is working on a ball-baring sized robot [MORE]

Robotic Assistants

Telepresence robots have had limited use to date, in part because Wi-Fi and cellular services have restricted connectivity.  But, [MORE]

Robotic Gripper, Not Like a Human Hand

Using an ordinary latex balloon filled with coffee grounds and attached to a robotic arm, researchers from Cornell, the [MORE]

UC Irvine’s Robotic Cancer Center

Relying upon daVinci surgical robots, cancer surgeons have now begun a minimally invasive approach for thyroidectomies.  Instead of making [MORE]

MUSING - The Autonomous Hospital

The Defense Department has been doing R&D work on autonomous vehicles-remotely controlled tanks, pilotless “Predator” aircraft and the like.  Largest [MORE]

Swisslog’s Lab and Pharmacy Robots

Put in several lab specimens or other materials weighing up to 50 pounds, push a button and watch Swisslog’s [MORE]

Telesurgical Robots

Using software developed by the University of Washington’s Biorobotics Lab and SRI, operators at nine different locations (in the US, [MORE]

Intuitive Robots

Delving into the cognitive workings where two people are focused on the same task-say, a master and an apprentice–European scientists [MORE]

Sanitizing Robots

Several hospitals in the UK and Europe are employing “Sterinis” robots to sanitize patient areas.  One robot sprays a fine [MORE]

Sidney Garfield Health Care Innovation Center

Kaiser Permanente has opened its Garfield Health Care Innovation Center in San Leandro, CA to conduct tests on medical devices [MORE]

Surgical Innovation

The explosion of technology in information systems and telecommunications has provided new approaches for age old problems. How to [MORE]