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Artificial Intelligence Tools Predict Loneliness in Older Adults

There has been a loneliness pandemic in the last 20 years, marked by growing rates of opioid use and suicides, increased health care costs, lost productivity, and rising mortality.

25 Sep 2020

Prosthetic Hand Hannes Mimics Key Biological Properties of Human Hand

The biomimetic prosthetic hand Hannes is featured on Science Robotics' cover today; in the current issue researchers from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and Centro Protesi INAIL in Italy reported about its ability to replicate the key biological properties of the human hand: natural synergistic and adaptable movement; biomimetic levels of force and speed; high anthropomorphism and grasp robustness.

24 Sep 2020

Global Travel Industry Embracing Autonomous UVD Robots

With the latest forecast by the U.S. Travel Association by Tourism Economics predicting $505 billion in losses globally through the end of 2020, UVD Robots announced its autonomous disinfecting robot is being increasingly deployed within hotels, railways, and airports globally.

24 Sep 2020

New Robot Automates Nasal Swabbing Needed to Diagnose COVID-19

A group of clinicians from the National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore General Hospital and Duke-NUS Medical School has partnered Biobot Surgical Pte Ltd, one of Singapore's pioneers in the field of medical robotics technology, to develop a robot that automates nasal swabbing needed to diagnose COVID-19.

23 Sep 2020

Putting Virtual Rehab for Stroke Patients to the Test

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke survivors to the test.

23 Sep 2020

Researchers Develop Machine-Learning Algorithm to Detect Subtle Signs of Osteoarthritis

Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can identify mild signs of osteoarthritis—which are too faint to be perceived by the eye of a qualified radiologist—on an MRI scan performed years before the symptoms started to appear.

22 Sep 2020