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How drones for organ transportation are changing the healthcare industry
Yulia Gavrilova and Ivan Smetannikov
21 Mar 2023
The healthcare drone industry has witnessed a dramatic surge in the last couple of years. In 2020, the market grew 30% and is expected to grow from $254 million in 2021 to $1,5 billion in 2028.
Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing
MIT News
23 Feb 2023
The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.
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Going out on a Bionic Limb, with Joel Gibbard
Abate De Mey
21 Dec 2022
Joel Gibbard, co-founder of Open Bionics dives deep into their creative, imagination-capturing prosthetic limbs.
The Utah Bionic Leg: A motorized prosthetic for lower-limb amputees
Lenzi’s Utah Bionic Leg uses motors, processors, and advanced artificial intelligence that all work together to give amputees more power to walk, stand-up, sit-down, and ascend and descend stairs and ramps.
Fighting tumours with magnetic bacteria
ETH Zurich
19 Nov 2022
Researchers at ETH Zurich are planning to use magnetic bacteria to fight cancerous tumours. They have now found a way for these microorganisms to effectively cross blood vessel walls and subsequently colonise a tumour.
Magnetic sensors track muscle length
MIT News
30 Oct 2022
Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs.
Breaking through the mucus barrier
MIT News
02 Oct 2022
A capsule that tunnels through mucus in the GI tract could be used to orally administer large protein drugs such as insulin.
Two hands are better than one
Tess Meier
01 Aug 2022
The HOPE hand is a hand orthosis with powered extension to better serve individuals who need assistance opening their hand, to provide them with improved capabilities to perform activities of daily living, and to help them re-gain their independence.
New imaging method makes tiny robots visible in the body
ETH Zurich
20 May 2022
Microrobots have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Researchers at the Max Planck ETH Centre for Learning Systems have now developed an imaging technique that for the first time recognises cell-sized microrobots individually and at high resolution in a living organism.
Innovative ‘smart socks’ could help millions living with dementia
University of Bristol
13 May 2022
‘Smart socks’ that track rising distress in the wearer could improve the wellbeing of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism and other conditions that affect communication.
Sensing Parkinson’s symptoms
Wyss Institute
22 Apr 2022
Researchers apply exosuit sensors to measure muscle strain.
Interview with Andrea Thomaz (co-founder of Diligent Robotics): socially intelligent automation solutions for hospitals
Sonia Roberts and Women In Robotics
16 Apr 2022
We sat down with Dr. Thomaz to talk about Moxi, how to manage people’s expectations about robots, and advice for young people and women in robotics.
Exoskeletons with personalize-your-own settings
Michigan Robotics
04 Apr 2022
Users who could adjust the timing, torque of an ankle exoskeleton typically found comfortable settings in under two minutes.
Handheld surgical robot can help stem fatal blood loss
MIT News
28 Mar 2022
The AI-Guided Ultrasound Intervention Device is a lifesaving technology that helps a range of users deliver complex medical interventions at the point of injury.
Interview with Axel Krieger and Justin Opfermann: autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
06 Mar 2022
Anastomosis is an essential step to the reconstructive phase of surgery and is performed over a million times each year in the United States alone. Surgical outcomes for patients are highly dependent on the surgeon’s skill. Their paper describes a surgical robot and workflow to perform autonomous anastomosis of the small bowel.
New implant offers promise for the paralyzed
NCCR Robotics
03 Mar 2022
A system developed by Grégoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch now enables patients with a complete spinal cord injury to stand, walk and even perform recreational activities like swimming, cycling and canoeing.
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A Robot You Swallow, with Torrey Smith
Abate De Mey
03 Jan 2022
Torrey Smith discusses a robot you swallow that livestreams your digestive system for medical procedures such as endoscopies.
Pietro Valdastri’s Plenary Talk – Medical capsule robots: a Fantastic Voyage
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
10 Dec 2021
Capsule robots can enter the human body through natural orifices or small incisions, and detect and cure life-threatening diseases in a non-invasive manner. This talk provides a perspective on how this field has evolved in the last ten years.
Surgeons to reach prostate with robot
Joost van de Loo
21 Sep 2021
Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men. Every year about 13,000 Dutch men are diagnosed with this disease. According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, about 1 in 10 men suffers from...
Three new helper robots at the Hsinchu National Taiwan University Hospital
Zachary Silver and Jonathan Peng
13 Aug 2021
ADATA Technology has collaborated with researchers at Hsinchu National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) to introduce the C-Rob Autonomous Mobile Robots. These robots use Artificial Intelligence (AI) ...
Long-distance robot-assisted heart surgery and beyond
MathWorks
13 Apr 2021
In 2018, five patients at the Apex Heart Institute in Ahmedabad, India, received treatment for coronary artery disease (CAD) the same way 3 million others do each year: a small balloon was inserted in...
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Inside Cybathlon, with Anni Kern
Kate Zhou
16 Feb 2021
Robohub Podcast · Inside Cybathlon
Kate speaks with Anni Kern, Head of Communication, strategy, and teams at Cybathlon for over four years. She describes the motivation and concepts for the Cybath...
Two teams from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia will compete at the Cybathlon Global Edition 2020, the Olympics dedicated to new prosthetic technologie
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
13 Nov 2020
IIT’s teams will compete in the "Powered Arm Prosthesis" category showing two different robotic arm prostheses made in Italy: SoftHandPro and Hannes. The race course is about 30 metres long and will...
Wearable technologies to make rehab more precise
Wyss Institute
04 Oct 2020
By Tim Sullivan / Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Communications
A group based out of the Spaulding Motion Analysis Lab at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital published “Enabling Precision Rehabi...
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282
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A Social Robot Companion for Older Adults, with Dor Skuler
Audrow Nash
18 Mar 2019
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Dor Skuler, CEO and co-founder of Intuition Robotics, about a socially assistive robot for older adults named ElliQ. Skuler discusses the motivation for ElliQ, ...
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266
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Towards using Micro and Nano Robots in the Human Body, with Peer Fischer
Marwa ElDiwiny
06 Aug 2018
In this episode, Marwa ElDiwiny interview Peer Fisher, a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and the Director of the Micro Nano and Molecular Systems Lab at the Max Planck I...
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260
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Hyundai’s Exoskeletons, with Sangin Park
Audrow Nash
14 May 2018
In this interview, Audrow Nash speaks with Sangin Park, Senior Research Engineer at Hyundai, about exoskeletons. Park describes three exoskeleton prototypes: one for helping workers reduce back pain, ...
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256
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Socially Assistive Robots, with Maja Matarić
Audrow Nash
19 Mar 2018
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Maja Matarić, a professor at the University of Southern California and the Chief Science Officer of Embodied, about socially assistive robotics. Socially ass...
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254
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Collaborative Systems for Drug Discovery, with Peter Harris
Abate De Mey
18 Feb 2018
In this episode, Abate interviews Peter Harris from HighRes Biosolutions about automation in the field of drug discovery. At HighRes Biosolutions they are developing modular robotic systems that work ...
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250
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Learning Prosthesis Control Parameters, with Helen Huang
Audrow Nash
24 Dec 2017
In this interview, Audrow Nash interviews Helen Huang, Joint Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State, about a method of tuning powered lower limb prosthes...
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248
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Semi-active Prostheses, with Peter Adamczyk
Audrow Nash
24 Nov 2017
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Peter Adamczyk, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on semi-active foot and ankle prostheses. The difference is that active below-knee p...
Brain surgery: The robot efficacy test?
Oliver Mitchell
02 Nov 2017
The internet hummed last week with reports that “Humans Still Make Better Surgeons Than Robots.” Stanford University Medical Center set off the tweetstorm with its seemingly scathing repo...
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Robot Pediatric Coach, with Ayanna Howard
Audrow Nash
30 Sep 2017
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Ayanna Howard, Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, about her work to help children with the movement disorder cerebral palsy. Howard discusses ho...
Robotic system monitors specific neurons
MIT News
04 Sep 2017
by Anne Trafton
Recording electrical signals from inside a neuron in the living brain can reveal a great deal of information about that neuron’s function and how it coordinates with other cells in ...
Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Cory Kidd from Catalia Health
Robohub Editors
02 Sep 2017
Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
Long-term control of brain-computer interfaces by users with locked-in syndrome
NCCR Robotics
28 Aug 2017
Using Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) as a way to give people with locked-in syndrome back reliable communication and control capabilities has long been a futuristic trope of medical dramas and sci-f...
