Accuray has declared that Korea Cancer Care Hospital (KCCH) has incorporated its second CyberKnife robotic system for cancer treatment, and has become the first Medical center in South Korea to include two CyberKnife Radiosurgery robots in cancer treatment.
Hansen Medical has declared that it has received 11 new US patents for medical robotics. Few of the newly issued patents cover Sensei X Robotic Catheter System, and the rest of the patents offer superior solutions for prospective developments to robotic technology.
Cardica has declared that wet lab lectures and demos at the Advances in Robotic and Hybrid Coronary Revascularization meeting will include its PAS-Port Proximal Anastomosis System and C-Port Flex-A Anastomosis System.
Accuray Incorporated, the developer of the CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system, has declared that its management will take part in the Oppenheimer Healthcare Conference, which will be held in New York on November 3, 2010 at 9:40 a.m. ET/6:40 a.m. PT.
Spatial Integrated Systems (SIS) has declared that Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has offered them a significant contract as a result of their latest launch of Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program.
Sentry View Systems has declared the release of the SentryPOST, a completely integrated remote monitoring solution, ideal for inspecting any area from a safe location.
Cimcorp has released the MultiPick Robotic Gantry system, a fully automated picking solution, for quick completion of orders.
Imagine combining bioengineering, military drones and Sumo wrestling. This is exactly what over 500 middle and high school students from Riverside and San Bernardino counties will do at the Bourns College of Engineering on Saturday.
The Alabama Robotics Technology Park will soon be open to the general public. Alabama Governor, Bob Riley will be attending the grand opening of the Phase I of the park on Wednesday November 10, 2010.
Robots caring for elderly human beings are not quite as futuristic as science fiction movies would have you believe.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Nov 2010
Stephen J. Altemus, chief engineer at Johnson Space Centre in Houston wants to send a robot to the moon. The Project M is being considered a guerrilla effort as there has been no official enthusiasm for it.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Nov 2010
LEGO and NASA have come together to send a LEGO set on a space shuttle into orbit this week. The Danish toy maker and the premier space agency are hoping to spark the interest of children in science, technology, engineering and math.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Nov 2010
The Korean robotics industry is poised for growth. It is already the fourth largest industry as per robots in use. Dr. Lee Sang-moo, the Robot Program Director for the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology feels that the global robotics market has been on an upward trajectory this year.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Nov 2010
The jerky motions associated with robots may soon be a thing of the past. The Locomorph project is currently studying robotic movement to help increase their usefulness. They are much inspired by the different aspects of movement available in nature, especially those of resilient three legged dogs.
Accuray is presenting 40 selected abstracts, revealing the utilization of CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, in booth #1313 at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) organized in San Diego, between October 31 and November 4.