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Forrest General Hospital Deploys Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots

Forrest General Hospital today unveiled LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robots™ that are being used to destroy potentially lethal germs and bacteria that can pose a risk to patient and employee safety.

27 Apr 2017

St. Luke’s Hospital Installs Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot

As hospitals around the world look for new and innovative ways to battle deadly pathogens and kill multidrug-resistant organisms that can cause hospital acquired infections, St. Luke’s Hospital has taken a leap into the future with the installation of a LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robot™ that destroys hard-to-kill bugs in hard-to-clean places.

27 Apr 2017

Researchers Aim to Use AI to Help Screen and Diagnose Tuberculosis in Remote Areas

To help screening and assessment efforts in TB-rampant areas with inadequate access to radiologists, researchers are starting to train artificial intelligence models to detect tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-rays. The work has been reported online in the journal Radiology.

26 Apr 2017

AI Could Provide Better Early Cervical Cancer Detection at Lower Cost than Current Methods

An artificial intelligence image detection method has the potential to outperform PAP and HPV tests in screening for cervical cancer; Low-cost technique could be used in less-developed countries, where 80 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur

25 Apr 2017

BIOMEDevice: Cirtronics to Highlight How Precision Engagement Can Help Bring Innovative Products to Market

Cirtronics, an experienced Precision Engagement contract manufacturer located in southern New Hampshire, will be exhibiting at BIOMEDevice in Boston, MA, May 3-4, 2017. Cirtronics will be highlighting how Precision Engagement benefits Medtech companies looking to bring their innovative products to the marketplace.

25 Apr 2017

Researcher Develops Prototype Cheetah Robot

A prototype cheetah robot has been developed by Geert Folkertsma, a researcher from the University of Twente. Folkertsma spent four years of research and development to come up with a scaled-down robotic version of the fastest land animal to be found in the world, aiming to replicate its movements.

20 Apr 2017

First-Ever Robotic, Minimally Invasive Surgical Removal of a Stage IV Tumor Thrombus

A surgical team at Keck Medicine of USC pushed the boundaries of clinical care by performing the first-ever robotic, minimally invasive surgical removal of a stage IV tumor thrombus — the removal of a kidney cancer tumor that extends into the heart.

19 Apr 2017

ReWalk Robotics Announces Purchase of Additional Exoskeleton Systems by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ReWalk Robotics Ltd., leading manufacturer and producer of exoskeleton systems, announced today that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) purchased 28 ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton Systems to support an ongoing national multi-center clinical trial.

7 Apr 2017

Remote-Controlled Robot Could Evaluate Sports-Concussion Dilemma

From bustling cities to tiny farming communities, the bright lights of the local stadium are common beacons to the Friday night ritual of high school football.

5 Apr 2017

Researchers Use Physically Embodied Robots to Study Epigenetic Effects on Robot Evolution

Evolutionary robotics is a new exciting area of research which draws on Darwinian evolutionary principles to automatically develop autonomous robots.

4 Apr 2017

Medical Robotics News

Forrest General Hospital Deploys Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots

St. Luke’s Hospital Installs Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot

Researchers Aim to Use AI to Help Screen and Diagnose Tuberculosis in Remote Areas

AI Could Provide Better Early Cervical Cancer Detection at Lower Cost than Current Methods

BIOMEDevice: Cirtronics to Highlight How Precision Engagement Can Help Bring Innovative Products to Market

Researcher Develops Prototype Cheetah Robot

First-Ever Robotic, Minimally Invasive Surgical Removal of a Stage IV Tumor Thrombus

ReWalk Robotics Announces Purchase of Additional Exoskeleton Systems by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Remote-Controlled Robot Could Evaluate Sports-Concussion Dilemma

Researchers Use Physically Embodied Robots to Study Epigenetic Effects on Robot Evolution

Machine Learning Improves Aerosol Prediction Accuracy

Proto-DS: Advanced AI for Food Testing and Quality Control

Transforming Agri-Food Sustainability with AI and IoT

Machine Learning Predicts Flight Efficiency Accurately

Successful Demonstration of Remote Robotic Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

Robots and Renewable Energy: Solar Plant Security

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