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As Aging Population Grows, So Do Robotic Health Aides
The ranks of older and frail adults are growing rapidly in the developed world, raising alarms about how society is going to help them take care of themselves in their own homes. The University of...
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Robotic surgery to see new entrants Medtronic and J&J/Google, but Intuitive...
The success of Intuitive Surgical’s ($ISRG) da Vinci robot for minimally invasive surgery is creating a growing list of “fast followers,” but the company believes it has created enough “moats” to fend...
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J&J, Alphabet aim for smarter, smaller, cheaper surgical robot
Johnson & Johnson and Alphabet Inc’s life sciences unit have formed an independent company to create far smaller, smarter and less costly robotic-assisted systems for surgery than those sold now...
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Medtech Winners of 2015
One year was all it took to catapult Stryker from a loser to a winner. The Kalamazoo, MI, company appears to have ironed out the integration challenges with the MAKO robotics-assisted surgical platform...
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Founder of Google’s Stealthy Surgical Robotics Project Speaks
It’s a decade or so from now, and an artificial voice familiar from your smartphone and self-driving car is asking you to count slowly backwards from one hundred. You’re about to be operated on by the...
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10 ways robotics is transforming the healthcare industry
Robots are becoming more mainstream, especially in the healthcare industry. From helping the elderly to assisting with dental care, robotics is fast becoming a hot trend affecting millions. Here are 10...
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Flourescent Camera Pill Could Hunt for Cancer in Your Guts
A swallowable camera pill is the first to use fluorescent light to help detect cancer in the human throat or gut. The new device made by Scottish researchers could replace the clumsy endoscope “snake”...
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5 Awesome Inventions That Came out of MIT This Year
We’re coming down the homestretch for 2015, and now is the time when most folks like to reflect on all of the things they’re thankful for. In the campus innovation space, that basically means MIT....
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MAN MANEUVERS ROBOTIC ARM WITH HIS THOUGHTS
Surgeons used a new technique to attach a thought-controlled robot arm directly to an amputee’s stump, giving him a far greater range of motion with the advanced prosthetic limb. The system, involving...
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Global Hip And Knee Orthopedic Surgical Robots Market Expecting To Reach $4.6...
Worldwide Hip and Knee Orthopedic Surgical Robot Markets are poised to achieve significant growth. The accuracy provided by the robot is not reproducible by the human surgeon, so ultimately all...
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This $40,000 Robotic Exoskeleton Lets the Paralyzed Walk
Paralyzed from the waist down after a BMX accident, Steven Sanchez rolled into SuitX’s Berkeley, California, office in a wheelchair. A half-hour later he was standing and walking thanks to the...
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Robots in health care could lead to a doctorless hospital
Imagine your child requires a life-saving operation. You enter the hospital and are confronted with a stark choice. Do you take the traditional path with human medical staff, including doctors and...
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New Entrants To Open Up Surgical Robotics Market
Emerging competitors are gearing up to challenge the dominance of Intuitive Surgical’s Da Vinci Surgical System and other established players in the field of robotic-assisted surgery by offering...
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This Is the Most Amazing Biomimetic Anthropomorphic Robot Hand We’ve Ever Seen
There are two generalized schools of thought when it comes to robot hand design. You have robot hands that are simple and straightforward and get the job done, like two- or three-finger grippers that...
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New Sensors Put You On the Fast Track to Health
Imagine next time you go to the hospital, you get an injection of smart chips. Little sensors swim around inside you to collect information about your condition. Next thing you know, an IV is...
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Researchers want to grow human tendons on an incredibly advanced robotic hand
Researchers created a robot hand that is so accurate it has almost the same dexterity as a human hand. That alone is enough to improve the motion capabilities in prosthetics in a way that has never...
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Bionic finger makes amputee feel texture on his phantom hand
Someday, amputees might be able to get prosthetics that can discern shapes and feel texture, thanks to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Its scientists have succeeded in...
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New Surgical Robot with Haptic Feedback Fits Entirely Inside Body During...
Engineers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed a miniaturized robot for single incision and natural orifice surgeries. The device features haptic feedback, allowing the nearby...
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Demand For Minimally Invasive Surgery Driving Surgical Robotics Development,...
The growing adoption of minimally invasive surgery is driving surgical robotics development and increased miniaturization of surgery instrumentation. Several upcoming surgical robotic technologies...
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World First: Woman Has Tumour On Lung Removed By a Robot
For the first time in UK history, a 27 year old Darlington resident’s lung tumor was successfully removed with the aid of the Da Vinci robot, which carried out the delicate stitching required for the...
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