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Walkbot – exoskeleton rehab therapy
John Payne
04 Jan 2013
A Korean exoskeleton robot designed specifically for gait training rehabilitation.
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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...
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...
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 ...
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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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056
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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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038
podcast
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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033
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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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007
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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...
