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Researchers Aim to Make Rehabilitation Robotics Available for General Public

Making a trip to Disneyland with the little ones is physically out of reach for many seniors and stroke victims. However, Thomas Sugar, an ASU mechanical engineer who specializes in wearable technology, projects that in the next five years, seniors and other people with mobility issues will be able to rent robotic exoskeletons that make their dream vacations — and mundane tasks — a possibility.

8 Feb 2017

New Robotic Prosthetic Arm Detects Spinal Nerve Signals

Scientists at the Imperial College London have developed new sensor technology for a robotic prosthetic arm for detecting nerve signals in the spinal cord.

7 Feb 2017

Surgeons Perform First Robotic Kidney Auto-Transplantation Using Vinci Surgical System

Surgeons at Methodist Dallas Medical Center continue to innovate in the field of robotic surgery. On December 14, 2016, transplant surgeons Alejandro Mejia, MD, FACS, and Richard Dickerman, MD, FACS, performed the first robotic auto-transplantation in North Texas using the da Vinci® Surgical System.

3 Feb 2017

Surgeons of University Hospitals Leuven Perform First Ever Robot-Assisted Retinal Vein Occlusion

Eye surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have been the first to use a surgical robot to operate on a patient with retinal vein occlusion.

27 Jan 2017

Customizable Soft Robotic Sleeve Could Open Door to New Treatment Options for Heart Failure

Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure.

19 Jan 2017

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