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Mazor Robotics on a roll
Frank Tobe
25 Nov 2013
Mazor Robotics’ stock (NASDAQ:MZOR and TASE:MZOR) has steadily rolled up 260% year-to-date....
Lynne Parker on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
Lynne Parker
13 Nov 2013
I found the plenary speeches at IROS to be especially interesting. Marc Raibert gave an entertaining talk on the robots being developed at Boston Dynamics. It's encouraging to see that robots are beco...
MAKO Surgical sells to Stryker for $1.65 billion
Frank Tobe
25 Sep 2013
... Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK) to acquire MAKO Surgical Corp (NASDAQ:MAKO) for $1.65 billion - an action which brought MAKO’s stock from $16 to $29 in one fell swoop.
... Stryker is a medical t...
Medical robotic systems market to reach $13.6 billion by 2018
Frank Tobe
13 Sep 2013
... The global medical robotic systems market was worth $5.48 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach $13.6 billion in 2018, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 12.6% from 2012. Surgical ro...
This robotic prosthetic hand can be made for just $1000
Joel Gibbard
11 Sep 2013
The Dextrus hand is a robotic hand that can be put together for well under £650 ($1000) and offers much of the functionality of a human hand. Existing prosthetic hands are magnificent devices, capa...
Crowdsourcing new strategies for cancer treatment: Towards swarming nanobots
Sabine Hauert
04 Sep 2013
NanoDoc is our new online game to crowdsource the design of nanomedicine.
The game allows bioengineers and the general public to imagine new nanoparticle strategies towards the treatment of cancer....
World’s lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for ‘imperceptible electronics’
DigInfo TV
29 Jul 2013
Researchers from Asia and Europe have developed the world's lightest and thinnest organic circuits, which in the future could be used in a range of healthcare applications.
Lighter than a feather, ...
Webinar with Dr. Pierre Dupont: Creating robotic technology for ultra-minimally invasive surgery
Robohub Editors
06 May 2013
Many surgeries today are performed as open, invasive procedures because surgeons lack the right tools. Our goal is to create the technology that will enable converting these open procedures to minima...
