Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

NGHC Performs Robot-Assisted Coronary Angioplasty

Northeast Georgia Heart Center (NGHC) has collaborated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) to complete a coronary angioplasty with a help of a robot. This robotic-assisted angioplasty is performed as a part of the CorPath PRECISE clinical test.

20 Jul 2011

Bluefin Robotics Develops Autonomous UUVs for Ocean Sensing

Bluefin Robotics has developed a network of unmanned underwater vehicles,(UUV’s) in order to enable independent adaptive co-operation among UUVs that are used in ocean sensing applications without constant contact with vehicle operators.

20 Jul 2011

Spatial Integrated System Receives Contract for Unmanned Surface Vehicle Development

A developer of high end business solutions and systems incorporating robotics,artificial intelligence, 3D visualization and modeling, Spatial Integrated Systems (SIS) has entered into a contract with the Office of Naval Research.

20 Jul 2011

The da Vinci Si Robotic Surgery System and Simulator Enables Surgeons Achieve Perfection

Dr. Richard Farnam from the Las Palmas Medical Center has begun using the da Vinci Skills Simulator, a tool that allows Dr Farnam to practice complicated robotic surgeries in a training simulator based on virtual reality, prior to the actual surgery on a patient.

20 Jul 2011

The Force is Strong With This One! A Jedibot from Stanford

Students at Stanford University have created the ‘Jedibot’ by combing a dexterous robotic arm with a ‘lightsaber’ and the Microsoft Kinect sensor. Of course the hardware has some clever software backing up the JediBot as it goes through a set of pre-programmed attack moves to track and kill another Jedi Padawan.

19 Jul 2011

Smithsonian Selects Sandia Robots for Museum

The Smithsonian Institution is acquiring nine historically significant robots from the Sandia Labs for its permanent collection at the National Museum of American History.

19 Jul 2011

New Collaboration Between Willow Garage and the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech

Robotics research lab and technology incubator Willow Garage has joined the Healthcare Robotics Group in Geogia Tech to foster a program called ‘Robots for Humanity’. The project hopes allow robots to help human being with day to day activities, specially people who suffer from disabilities and are unable to take care of themselves.

19 Jul 2011