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    Robonaut doctor to practice in space
    Astronauts all know how important it is to stay healthy in space. Weightlessness alone can cause a number of physiological changes including muscle atrophy, loss of blood volume and bone loss. Most as...
    12 March 2014, by and

    Micro bio-bots powered by beating heart cells
    Photo by Alex Jerez Roman, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology A paper in Nature Communications earlier this year reports on "bio-bots". These tiny machines inspired by sperm, are ...
    10 March 2014, by and

    Engineers build brain-controlled music player
    Imagine if playing music was as simple at looking at your laptop screen. Now it is thanks to Kenneth Camilleri and his team of researchers from the Department of Systems and Control Engineering and th...
    04 March 2014, by and

    Mazor Robotics is gaining momentum
    Mazor Robotics, producer of the Renaissance Guidance System for spine and neuro surgeries, reported favorable earnings for the 4th quarter and for the whole year of 2013. 4Q revenue was up 111% ove...
    03 March 2014, by

    Robotic skills want-ads up 13% in 2013
    Comparing 2013 to 2012, demand for robotics skills increased 13% year-over-year. Further evaluation shows that the bulk of hiring is in the healthcare sector. WANTED Analytics, a research firm anal...
    16 February 2014, by

    In the news: Intuitive Surgical
    Mini-tender offer: TRC Capital Corp, a private firm founded by a Canadian securities lawyer, has made a mini-tender offer to purchase 250,000 shares of Intuitive Surgical stock at a price slightly be...
    27 January 2014, by



    Micro-robotics and medicine: Interview with Toshio Fukuda
    An international leader in the field of robotics and automation, Toshio Fukuda is best known for his pioneering work on micro robotics systems — including microsensors and micro actuators — a...
    07 January 2014, by

    Outreach activities: Making nanoparticle robots to ‘treat cancer’
    We would always have kids come around the robotics lab where I did my PhD. They would learn about robots and we would show them videos and demos of bio-inspired robots that could fly, jump and swarm. ...
    29 December 2013, by

    Rehabilitation support robot “R-cloud” makes muscle movement visible
    Associate Professor Toshiaki Tsuji's Laboratory at Saitama University has developed R-cloud, a rehabilitation support robot that enables users to view how their own muscles move during rehabilitation ...
    05 December 2013, by

    Mazor Robotics on a roll
    Mazor Robotics’ stock (NASDAQ:MZOR and TASE:MZOR) has steadily rolled up 260% year-to-date....
    25 November 2013, by

    Medical/surgical simulation and training
    As the need for training on new-tech devices increases, virtual and physical simulation systems are in demand at medical schools and hospitals worldwide. One novel new robotic invention is Patrick, th...
    24 November 2013, by

    Lynne Parker on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
    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...
    13 November 2013, by

    Affordable Care Act
    As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
    18 October 2013, by

    Sharp’s futuristic Health Care Support Chair – a proactive health care solution
    Sharp has developed a health care support chair that combines a range of sensors for checking the user's health. It can simultaneously record your blood pressure, temperature, body motion, and pulse w...
    08 October 2013, by

    SEDASYS – a robotic anesthesiologist
    ... The FDA recently approved a new robotic device which can automate the sedation of healthy patients having colonoscopies. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, created SEDASYS, ...
    28 September 2013, by

    Ankle assist walking device helps stroke survivors walk more easily
    Yaskawa Electric has developed an ankle assist walking device, to help people who've had a stroke to walk more easily, by encouraging a longer and more confident gait....
    27 September 2013, by

    OAK, a Kinect-based active support system for the severely disabled
    OAK, which stands for 'Observation and Access with Kinect', is a software application for use by people with severe disabilities. It has been developed by RCAST at the University of Tokyo, in collabor...
    26 September 2013, by

    MAKO Surgical sells to Stryker for $1.65 billion
    ... 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...
    25 September 2013, by

    Medical robotic systems market to reach $13.6 billion by 2018
    ... 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...
    13 September 2013, by

    This robotic prosthetic hand can be made for just $1000
    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...
    11 September 2013, by

    Progress report on Hoaloha Robotics’ assistive-care robot
    ... Tandy Trower, the founder of Microsoft’s Robotics Studio software and initiative, and now founder and CEO of Seattle-based Hoaloha Robotics, wrote about his progress to date. His blog post is an...
    09 September 2013, by

    Crowdsourcing new strategies for cancer treatment: Towards swarming nanobots
    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....
    04 September 2013, by

    After a lackluster 2nd quarter, Hansen Medical gets a $93 million equity infusion
    Although the number of procedures using Hansen Medical's Magellan and Sensei robotic systems has risen, the number of units sold has fallen slightly and the company continues to operate in the red, he...
    31 July 2013, by

    ISO to adopt nursing-care robot safety standards
    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will compile global safety standards for nursing-care robots based on criteria provided by the Japanese government. Nursing care robots are des...
    31 July 2013, by

    World’s lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for ‘imperceptible electronics’
    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, ...
    29 July 2013, by

    IBIS pneumatic keyhole surgery robot potentially 1/10 the cost of da Vinci
    This is a robot system for keyhole surgery, consisting of a master unit operated by the surgeon, and a slave unit that moves on the patient side. "A feature of the slave robot is, it's powered enti...
    23 July 2013, by

    Intuitive Surgical stock takes another big hit
    ... After months of negative news about poorly trained surgeons, class action suits claiming misleading communications with shareholders, an FDA review, a product recall, an article saying that proced...
    20 July 2013, by

    World’s first all stainless steel robot with seven degrees of freedom
    Kawasaki Heavy Industries has developed the world's first all stainless steel robot with seven degrees of freedom. It will be used in the drug discovery and pharmaceutical fields to automate experi...
    17 July 2013, by

    3,400 healthcare jobs in the US required robotics experience and skills
    ... More than 3,400 healthcare jobs in the US required robotics experience and skills - a 32% gain year-over-year, according to WANTED Analytics....
    16 July 2013, by

    Remote internal imaging robot helps doctors in emergency situations
    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...
    12 July 2013, by

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