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Electronic Skin (E-Skin) To Robots

...e of robot bodies with e-skins. Max Lungarella, a robotics expert from University of Tokyo, said that "The work is highly interesting and in my opinion highly promising," and he proposed that it would be better to have a sensor which is still smaller. Dr. Lungarella is worried about the electromagnetic distu...

Octarms for robots for better grasping of objects

In the field of robotics the latest is that of the development of an analog to our hand which resembles and works in a similar way as that of tentacles or an elephant trunk. // It is said that these tentacles can grasp and grapple a wide variety of objects. Initially the rob...

Delhi to Host E-health Global Meet Next Month

...ecare and ubiquitous healthcare, tele-presence and robotics for healthcare, ambulatory and disaster applications, e-health initiatives of world bodies, international standards, developing software for healthcare. E-health encompasses the application of information and communications technologies across a wh...

SWAN system for navigation

...tracking and guiding robots and people. Dellaert's robotics research usually focuses on military applications since that is where most of the funding is available. "SWAN is a satisfying project because we are looking at how to use technology originally developed for military use for peaceful purposes," says...

Doc at a Distance

...a group of engineers has recently emerged from its robotics lab to field-test its latest creation: a surgical robot// to deploy in far-flung places, with a doctor commanding it from a remote control console. Military groups all over the world have long been interested in remote surgery. On the battlefield, ...

First International Gene Screen for Typical ALS Is on Track

..., it treats many samples simultaneously) that uses robotics and just-available gene finder chips to mine each patient’s DNA for information with a speed and accuracy not possible six months ago. The project, which began last spring, was completed in record time, reflecting the highly collaborative nature o...

MRI-safe Motor Makes Robotic Biopsies Possible

...or of urology at Johns Hopkins and director of the robotics lab. "Our new MRI-safe motor and robot can target the tumors. This should increase accuracy in locating and collecting tissue samples, reduce diagnostic errors and also improve therapy." A description of the new motor, made entirely out of plastics...

MRI Robotic Biopsies Simplified by PneuStep

...or of urology at Johns Hopkins and director of the robotics lab. "Our new MRI-safe motor and robot can target the tumors. This should increase accuracy in locating and collecting tissue samples, reduce diagnostic errors and also improve therapy." A description of the new motor, made entirely out of plastics,...

Titan may Produce Glucose Watches Soon

...nterprise that spans the sciences, from physics to robotics to medicine. In 2005, the US Government spent nearly 1 billion dollars on nanotechnology initiative strategic plan. The sensors could be of single-walled carbon nanotubes tiny cylinders made from single sheets of carbon. Robust, nanotubes don't d...

Advanced Cancer Treatment Brings New Hope to Michigan Patient

... treatment. Image guidance and computer controlled robotics combine to continuously track, detect and correct for tumor and patient movement throughout the treatment. Because of this approach, extreme precision and accuracy is possible without the need for a head or body frame as is required with other radios...

Robotic Surgery May Improve Survival Rate For Prostate Cancer Patients

...positive surgical margin rate with the addition of robotics to an established LRP, said Costas Lallas, M.D., assistant professor of Urology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, one of the investigators.Dr. Lallas completed a robotic surgery fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. Several large...

FDA Approve S Robotic Device to Help Stroke Patients

... (The two began the project in 2002, in a graduate robotics class at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T).) And the more they are able to use the arm, the more improvement they begin to see, McBean continued. So its a virtuous cycle. This is an area thats exploding, said Hermano Igo Krebs, a pri...

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