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Surgeons Use Microsure Surgical Robot to Operate on Lymphatic Vessels

A robotic device has been used by plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center in order to surgically treat lymphedema in a patient. This is indeed the world's first super-microsurgical intervention with 'robot hands'.

3 Oct 2017

"RoboLog" Created for Logging Physician Experience in Robotic Surgery

Physicians at Loyola Medicine have suggested a simple new system to enhance the reporting of robotic surgeries done by surgeons in training.

27 Sep 2017

Undergraduate Students Conduct Research with Summer Research Grants

Courtney Owen, when she was a student in high school, started thinking about how robots could help humans. She met Zeno, a robot capable of helping children with autism improve their social communication, while working a summer job in a research lab in Fort Worth, Texas.

26 Sep 2017

Researchers Examine the Mechanism of Click Beetles to Engineer Self-Righting Robots

Robots perform a number of tasks that humans cannot or do not want to perform, getting around on intricately designed limbs and wheels. However, if they tip over, they are considered to be almost useless.

26 Sep 2017

UC San Diego Researchers to Participate in IROS

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have a variety of papers and workshop presentations at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) scheduled from Sept. 24 to 28 in Vancouver, Canada.

22 Sep 2017

Untethered Soft Robots Could Help Mimic Natural Biological Systems

A self-contained soft actuator three times stronger than natural muscle, without the need of externals, signals a breakthrough in soft robotics.

20 Sep 2017

ASU Scientists Awarded Grant to Develop and Test Smart Robotic Ankle

For the more than 2 million lower-limb amputees in the United States, the path less traveled is usually on sand or grass.

19 Sep 2017

New Form of Stretchable Electronics Offers Robotic Hand a Sense of Touch

A research team from the University of Houston has announced a recent advancement in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, enabling a robotic hand to sense the difference between cold and hot, besides proving to be beneficial for an extensive range of biomedical devices.

15 Sep 2017

Researchers Set New Distance Record for Medical Unmanned Aircraft Transport

A new delivery distance record for medical drones has been set by Researchers at Johns Hopkins, who have successfully transported human blood samples across 161 miles of Arizona desert.

13 Sep 2017

MIT Researchers Create Robotic System to Monitor Specific Neurons in Brain

Recording electrical signals from within a neuron in a living brain can provide a huge amount of information about that neuron’s role and how it harmonizes with other cells in the brain. However, performing this sort of recording is very difficult, therefore only a few neuroscience labs worldwide can do it.

31 Aug 2017