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Cork University Maternity Hospital Performs First Robot Aided Delivery in Europe

Robotic surgery performed at the Cork University Maternity Hospital helped in the delivery of a female child to Irish parents. The couple had lost their unborn baby last year due to the health condition of the mother.

26 Jul 2011

Houston Northwest Medical Center Offers Robot Assisted Surgery

The Houston Northwest Medical Center is now performing surgical procedures with the help of robotics. The hospital is using the da Vinci Surgical System which allows the physician to perform surgery by exercising remote control of robotic arms through a computer.

25 Jul 2011

Greenwich Woods Health Care Center Approves Therapeutic Robotic Baby Seal

The residents at the Greenwich Woods Health Care Center are elated at the sight of Paro, the robotic baby seal.

22 Jul 2011

iRobot and InTouch Health Team Up in Healthcare

The iRobot Corporation has signed a joint development and licensing agreement with InTouch Health to explore potential opportunities for healthcare applications on iRobot platforms such as the iRobot Ava mobile robotics platform.

From iRobot Corporation 21 Jul 2011

Polish Hospital Conducts Virtual Reality Heart Surgery Training with Cardio-Surgical Robots

Eon Reality announced that the Foundation of Cardiac Surgery Development (FCSD) located in Poland, is using their software for verifying new designs, surgical instruments and robots.

21 Jul 2011

Guthrie Healthcare System Purchases da Vinci Robotic Surgical System

Guthrie's Robert Packer Hospital offers robotic surgery for patients who have to undergo a hysterectomy or a surgery for kidney cancer.

21 Jul 2011

NGHC Performs Robot-Assisted Coronary Angioplasty

Northeast Georgia Heart Center (NGHC) has collaborated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) to complete a coronary angioplasty with a help of a robot. This robotic-assisted angioplasty is performed as a part of the CorPath PRECISE clinical test.

20 Jul 2011

The da Vinci Si Robotic Surgery System and Simulator Enables Surgeons Achieve Perfection

Dr. Richard Farnam from the Las Palmas Medical Center has begun using the da Vinci Skills Simulator, a tool that allows Dr Farnam to practice complicated robotic surgeries in a training simulator based on virtual reality, prior to the actual surgery on a patient.

20 Jul 2011

New Collaboration Between Willow Garage and the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech

Robotics research lab and technology incubator Willow Garage has joined the Healthcare Robotics Group in Geogia Tech to foster a program called ‘Robots for Humanity’. The project hopes allow robots to help human being with day to day activities, specially people who suffer from disabilities and are unable to take care of themselves.

19 Jul 2011

Researchers from Queen Mary University Develop Socially Conscious Robots

Researchers from the Queen Mary University and University College London are trying to develop socially conscious robots that are capable of interacting with humans by reading their facial expressions and reacting accordingly.

19 Jul 2011