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Germ-Zapping Robots to be Tested at Detroit Hospitals

A team of researchers headed by Keith S. Kaye, M.D., M.P.H., director of clinical research in the Michigan Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, will test the performance of germ-zapping robots at Detroit hospitals.

11 Jan 2017

Newly Developed iMEMS Device Revolutionizes Drug Delivery

Scientists have developed a new method for producing microscale machines using biomaterials that are safe to be implanted in the human body. The team has been headed by Sam Sia, Biomedical Engineering Professor at Columbia Engineering.

5 Jan 2017

New Study Develops Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm

In a major breakthrough, researchers from the University of Minnesota have developed a robotic arm that can be controlled using the mind. This breakthrough has immense potential to help millions of paralyzed people or those suffering from neurodegenerative diseases.

15 Dec 2016

Novel Virtual Reality Technology Could Enhance Motor Skills and Mobility of Impaired Hand

Novel training may rehabilitate impaired limbs by allowing healthy limbs to lead "by example," say TAU researchers

15 Dec 2016

New Technique Could Provide Needed Specificity to Power Micro-Robots for Biomedical Applications

The quest to develop a wireless micro-robot for biomedical applications requires a small-scale "motor" that can be wirelessly powered through biological media.

23 Nov 2016

Research Shows Total Sanitation of Robotic Surgical Tools is Virtually Impossible

According to a research paper published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, it is virtually not possible to eliminate all contamination from robotic surgical instruments, even if a number of cleanings are performed.

1 Nov 2016

Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Human Gait Rehabilitation

Gait rehabilitation is frequently required by spinal cord injury and stroke patients to help them regain their ability to walk or to strengthen their muscles. Wearable “robot-assisted training” is fast emerging as a technique that helps to enhance this rehabilitation process.

26 Oct 2016