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Complementary Learning Systems Theory Could Help Develop Agents with Artificial Intelligence

The latest advances in developing artificial systems that are capable of outplaying humans in a wide range of challenging games have their origins in neural networks, which have been inspired by the processing of details in the brain.

15 Jun 2016

Medipense’ New Medication Management and Remote Patient Monitoring Solution Helps Improve Clinical Trails

Medipense is pleased to announce support for clinical drug trials and the Contract Research Organizations (CRO) conducting these trials, with the new RxPense® medication management and remote patient monitoring solution.

15 Jun 2016

RATULS Research Study Results Inform Provision of Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation in Clinical Practice

Bionik Laboratories, Inc., a global pioneering robotics company focused on providing rehabilitation solutions to individuals with neurological disorders, announced today that the study led by Newcastle University under the auspices of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) HTA Programme has achieved 50 percent enrollment for its multicenter, randomized controlled RATULS trial.

15 Jun 2016

Machine-Vision Robot Measures Nerve Cell Activity in Freely Moving Animal

A team of researchers from Osaka University and Tohoku University has created a new robot microscope system that is capable of automatically tracking a freely moving small animal and controlling its brain activity through "projection mapping."

13 Jun 2016

Smilow Cancer Hospital to Implement Kiro Grifols Robotic Drug Compounding System

Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven – one of only 45 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation and a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) – will become the first oncology hospital in the U.S. to implement the Kiro Grifols robotic drug compounding system.

10 Jun 2016

CSIC Launches Paediatric Exoskeleton for Children Suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy

The world’s first pediatric exoskeleton specifically designed for children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy has been introduced by the Superior Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). Spinal muscular atrophy is a degenerative disease that affects 1 out of 10,000 babies in Spain.

9 Jun 2016

UAB Surgeons to Use Mona Lisa Robotic Device for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

The world-renowned iSR’obotTM Mona Lisa makes its way to the United States, providing urologic surgeons with a tool to diagnose prostate cancer earlier through accurate diagnosis and precise localization that may allow for targeted treatments in the future.

9 Jun 2016

Insilico Medicine, Life Extension Partner to Use Artificial Intelligence to Support Extended Human Longevity

Insilico Medicine, a big data analytics company situated at the Emerging Technology Centers at the Eastern campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, focuses on using advanced deep learning techniques for drug and biomarker discovery. Life Extension, an organization set up in the early 1980s in Florida, is committed to increasing the health and longevity of humans.

8 Jun 2016

Rice University Researcher to Participate in 5th Anniversary Celebration of National Robotics Initiative

Rice University robotics researcher Marcia O’Malley will take her brain-machine interface to Capitol Hill June 9 to take part in a fifth-anniversary celebration of the National Robotics Initiative, a federal initiative to encourage the development of robots that work closely with humans.

8 Jun 2016

Robots Carry out Tasks More Safely if Controlled by Another Technology

Robots carry out their tasks more safely if they are controlled by another technology. This makes them much more suitable for use in the care sector, as revealed by a study conducted at the Robotics and Mechatronics department at the University of Twente. On 2 June, researcher Stefan Groothuis is being awarded his PhD for this work.

3 Jun 2016

Medical Robotics News

Complementary Learning Systems Theory Could Help Develop Agents with Artificial Intelligence

Medipense’ New Medication Management and Remote Patient Monitoring Solution Helps Improve Clinical Trails

RATULS Research Study Results Inform Provision of Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation in Clinical Practice

Machine-Vision Robot Measures Nerve Cell Activity in Freely Moving Animal

Smilow Cancer Hospital to Implement Kiro Grifols Robotic Drug Compounding System

CSIC Launches Paediatric Exoskeleton for Children Suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy

UAB Surgeons to Use Mona Lisa Robotic Device for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

Insilico Medicine, Life Extension Partner to Use Artificial Intelligence to Support Extended Human Longevity

Rice University Researcher to Participate in 5th Anniversary Celebration of National Robotics Initiative

Robots Carry out Tasks More Safely if Controlled by Another Technology

Machine Learning Improves Aerosol Prediction Accuracy

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

Transforming Agri-Food Sustainability with AI and IoT

Successful Demonstration of Remote Robotic Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

Machine Learning Predicts Flight Efficiency Accurately

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

Robots and Renewable Energy: Solar Plant Security

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