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Developing cost-effective, capable, surgical robots with a sense of “touch”
Peter Feuilherade
24 May 2016
This article was first published on IEC e-tech.
Robotic‑assisted surgery involves a surgeon using a computer‑assisted electro‑mechanical device to carry out complex and technically demanding...
SRI International behind new robotic technology for Verb Surgical
Silicon Valley Robotics
14 Dec 2015
SRI Robotics has long been known for advancing robotics and delivering new technology platforms to the market. Last week they introduced another transformational robotic technology being brought to ...
Blue Belt Technologies acquired by Smith & Nephew for $275 million
Frank Tobe
03 Nov 2015
Smith & Nephew, a global medical tech conglomerate that is expanding into robotics-assisted surgeries, announced that they are paying $275 million to acquire Pittsburgh startup Blue Belt Technolog...
Beyond safety: Is robotic surgery sustainable?
Matt Beane
29 Jul 2015
This week, the “144” study on adverse events in robotic surgery made the rounds in media outlets such as the BBC, NBC and the MIT Tech review. An impressive group of researchers found that between...
Surgical device maker Transenterix raises $50 million from IPO
Frank Tobe
16 Jun 2015
Transenterix raised $50 million from an IPO and market switch that transferred their stock from the over-the-counter market to the special small-cap MKT Exchange on the NYSE....
Intuitive Surgical da Vinci Surgical System gets big endorsement and new competition
Frank Tobe
23 Mar 2015
UPDATED 3/29/15 For over two years, Intuitive Surgical has been sued, tried, analyzed and criticized about the efficacy of their da Vinci surgical robots. But they have continued to thrive, grow and ...
Surgical micro-robot swarms: Science fiction, or realistic prospect?
Alan Winfield
09 Mar 2015
Imagine a swarm of microscopic robots that we inject into the vascular system: the swarm swims to the source of the problem, then either delivers therapeutics or undertakes microsurgery directly.
T...
Video: Autonomous robot surgery on deformable tissue phantoms
Automating repetitive surgical subtasks such as cutting and debridement can facilitate supervised tele-surgery, and reduce surgeon fatigue and procedure times. Programming these tasks can be difficu...
ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 10 “How the body shapes the way we think”
Nathan Labhart
06 May 2013
This concludes the ShanghAI Lecture series of 2012. After a wrap-up of the class, we announce the winners of the EmbedIT and NAO competitions and end with an outlook of the future of the ShanghAI Lect...
