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Remote internal imaging robot helps doctors in emergency situations
DigInfo TV
12 Jul 2013
This remote medical care robot for use in emergency situations, is under development by a research group at Waseda University, led by Dr. Hiroyasu Iwata.
"If a person receives an impact in an acciden...
Minimally-invasive eye surgery on the horizon as magnetically-guided microbots approach clinical trials
Simone Schürle
26 Jun 2013
Unlike larger robots, microrobots for applications in the body are too small to carry batteries and motors. To address this challenge, we power and control robots made of magnetic materials using exte...
iRobot unveils new AVA 500 mobile robot for professionals
Frank Tobe
11 Jun 2013
New iRobot AVA 500, planned for 2014 delivery, navigates autonomously and can be sent from point A to B using an iPad....
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...
Kelly the Robot helps kids tackle autism | WebMD
Hallie Siegel
01 May 2013
Using a kid-friendly robot during behavioral therapy sessions may help some children with autism gain better social skills, a preliminary study suggests.
The study, of 19 children with autism sp...
DNA testing chip delivers results in one hour, paves way for personalized drug treatments
DigInfo TV
04 Apr 2013
Panasonic, together with the Belgium-based research institution IMEC, has developed a DNA testing chip that automates all stages of obtaining genetic information, including preprocessing.
This deve...
Court denies Intuitive Surgical’s bid to throw out lawsuit | Bloomberg
Hallie Siegel
27 Mar 2013
A Washington state court yesterday denied Intuitive’s bid to throw out a lawsuit over the death of a patient operated on using the company’s da Vinci surgical system, according to court filings. ...
Disruptive robotics
Frank Tobe
05 Mar 2013
On February 1st of this year, Catherine Mohr, Director of Medical Research and chief spokesperson for Intuitive Surgical (ISRG:NASDAQ), gave a talk on the campus of CMU. (Video of talk and Q&A)....
EU Robotics Week, with Thilo Brodtmann, Asim Ikram and Barbara Klein
Podcast team
08 Feb 2013
Link to audio file (29:02)
In today’s episode we cover the EU Robotics Week that took place during the last week of November and featured robotics related activities across Europe for the general p...
First autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance
Wolfgang Heller
24 Jan 2013
Based on the following press release, iRobot, a leader in delivering robotic solutions, announced that the RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot has received 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis...
Frank Tobe on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?”
Frank Tobe
15 Jan 2013
As the robotics industry continues to grow, enters new industries, and provides new applications, strategic focus is necessary or the overall industry will develop haphazardly and spread out around th...
Multilateral manipulation by human-robot collaborative systems
Wolfgang Heller
09 Jan 2013
Robot surgeons promise to save lives in remote communities, war zones, and disaster-stricken areas. A grant from the National Science Foundation will allow researchers to design the optimum workplace ...
Walkbot – exoskeleton rehab therapy
John Payne
04 Jan 2013
A Korean exoskeleton robot designed specifically for gait training rehabilitation.
See on www.youtube.com
Gizmag has the story....
More $$ for surgical snake
Frank Tobe
21 Dec 2012
Medrobotics, previously CardioRobotics, just completed a $32 million series D round of financing to help finalize commercializing the first surgical snake robot, co-invented by Howie Choset, a CMU pro...
InformationWeek’s Top 10 robots that could change healthcare
Frank Tobe
19 Dec 2012
The top 10 robots that could change healthcare, as selected by InformationWeek included the following:...
Real-time heart beat simulator visualizes pulsation and disease on a Laptop PC
DigInfo TV
05 Nov 2012
This simulator can represent the complex pulsation of the heart. It is being developed by a group including members from National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center and Riken.
Until n...
Yamaha JWX-2 wheelchair power assist unit can be attached to almost any wheelchair
DigInfo TV
16 Oct 2012
Yamaha Motor has developed an electrical assist unit for wheelchairs, called the JWX-2.
The JWX-2 applies PAS technology from assisted bicycles to wheelchairs. The electric assist works in line wit...
Toyota Partner Robot provides everyday assistance for people with disabilities
DigInfo TV
04 Oct 2012
Toyota has developed the Partner Robot, to provide everyday assistance for people with disabilities. This robot has a compact, cylindrical body, so it can turn round in small spaces, as well as foldi...
A robot ankle for amputees
John Payne
01 Sep 2012
"Until recently, an artificial leg was an inert object—a clunky piece of wood or plastic that supported a user, but didn't help much beyond that. But these days artificial limbs can contain advanced...
Credit Suisse picks 7 automation/robotics stocks
Frank Tobe
22 Aug 2012
Max Nisen of Business Insider wrote recently of a list of seven stock picks discovered in a Credit Suisse report on long term trends. One of those trends was increasing global automation (particularly...
Robotic surgeries on the rise
John Payne
19 Aug 2012
(Times of India) "In the last few years, it has emerged as the safest and almost painless method for surgery and doctors are now using robots for gynae procedures, bypass surgery, cancer treatment and...
The beginning of something important: InTouch Health and iRobot’s RP-VITA
Frank Tobe
01 Aug 2012
By Frank Tobe, editor/publisher, The Robot ReportLast week I attended the 7th Annual Remote Presence Clinical Innovations Forum hosted by InTouch Health in Santa Barbara, CA, a two-day users con...
The beginning of something important: InTouch Health and iRobot’s RP-VITA
Frank Tobe
01 Aug 2012
Last week I attended the 7th Annual Remote Presence Clinical Innovations Forum hosted by InTouch Health in Santa Barbara, CA, a two-day users conference disseminating the latest information regarding ...
InTouch Health & iRobot announce RP-VITA
John Payne
27 Jul 2012
http://youtu.be/hoAPTpwkFtw
In a joint press release, US companies InTouch Health and iRobot have announced a new telepresence robot for hospitals. The robot called "RP-VITA" builds on iRobot's AVA p...
Mahoro performs dangerous lab work
John Payne
08 Jul 2012
http://youtu.be/-Stz0pATsXc
A two-armed robot, called Mahoro, jointly developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST) and Yaskawa Electric Corporation, and marketed ...
Divergent views on communicating with machines
Frank Tobe
21 Jan 2012
Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft and Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman, Mercedes Benz
Much of what I saw at CES 2012 was about products being upgraded to “smart” under the premise that smart connec...
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The Mind Machine Project, with Newton Howard
Podcast team
01 Jul 2011
Link to audio file (41:58)In this episode we speak with Newton Howard, director of the Mind Machine Project and research scientist at MIT....
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076
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European robotics (Part 1), with Jessica Karlsson, Ola Svanström and Moshe Shoham
Podcast team
22 Apr 2011
Link to audio file (26:48)The European Robotics Forum, jointly organized by the European Robotics Technology Platform (EUROP) and the European Robotics Research Network (EURON), was hosted this year o...
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Nanosystems, with Ari Requicha and Grégory Mermoud
Podcast team
16 Jul 2010
Link to audio file (32:50)In today’s episode we’ll be looking at nanorobotics from the hardware side to the control. In particular, we’ll be talking to one of the most renowned world...
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041
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Weight-loss coach, with Cory Kidd
Podcast team
18 Dec 2009
Link to audio file (31:57)Take the 5-minute survey to help us improve ROBOTS!
With the holiday season ahead of us and Christmas dinners already started, many of us are starting to feel the pinch at ...
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Stroke rehabilitation, with Ludovic Dovat and David Brown
Podcast team
06 Nov 2009
Link to audio file (34:15)In today’s show we’ll be looking at robots used for the rehabilitation of stroke patients. Our first guest, Ludovic Dovat for the National University of Singapore...
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Robot-assisted surgery, with Rainer Konietschke and Woong Youn Chung
Podcast team
28 Aug 2009
Link to audio file (26:17)In this episode, we look at robots in the medical field, in particular those used in teleoperated surgery. We first speak with Rainer Konietschke from the German Aerospace Ce...
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Robots Podcast: Smart homes, with Roger Orpwood and Andrew Sixsmith
Podcast team
31 Jul 2009
Link to audio file (42:48)In today’s episode we look at how technology can improve the quality of life of people with dementia. Our first guest, Roger Orpwood, is the director of the Bath Instit...
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Bacteria-propelled microrobots, with Metin Sitti and Mark Schattner
Podcast team
29 Aug 2008
Link to audio file (25:19)In this episode we look at bacteria-propelled microrobots which, in the future, could be used for sensing or drug delivery inside the liquid environments of the human body, s...
