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Robot Hosts South Korean Wedding

...ions, according to Hanool officials. Small other robots were also at the ceremony to guide guests or give performances. South Korean robots have also been given harder tasks to tackle. Last month it was reported that a robot dubbed OFRO wou...

Japanese Humanoid Happy to Work on in the Rain

...rapidly ageing and it is an urgent task to develop robots that can perform tasks only done by humans now," the statement said. "If a humanoid can substitute human functions, the entire social cost would be reduced," it said. Kawada Industries said the company hoped eventually to put the HRP-3 Promet Mk-I...

Japanese Firm Unveils Artificial Hand With 'air Muscles'

...that can be controlled by air pressure. "So far, robots have an image of helping people do heavy lifting, but we aim at delicate work as a human hand can do," company president Mikio Shimizu said. During a demonstration, the prototype hand grasped a pen and picked up a raw egg without breaking it. The...

Study Finds That Fruit Flies also Have Free Wills

...and especially insects are usually seen as complex robots which only respond to external stimuli. They are assumed to be input-output devices. When scientists observe animals responding differently even to the same external stimuli, they attribute this variability to random errors in a complex brain," Bremb...

U.S. Army Developing a Robot to Rescue Injured Soldiers

...all without being spotted. He also said that the robots hydraulic arms are designed to pick up loads in a ...ody accordingly to prevent it toppling over. The robots humanoid body and teddy bear-style head give it a friendly appearance, says Gary Gilbert of the US a...

Robotic Surgeon to Team Up With Doctors, Astronauts on NASA Mission

...Raven weighs only 50 pounds. Lightweight, mobile robots could travel to wounded soldiers on the battlefiel... worldwide could perform emergency procedures. The robots could even travel to remote areas in the developing world so local doctors could get help on difficu...

Minirobot for Medical Procedures Inside Human Body

...ich could reduce the need for surgery. Miniature robots used thus far have been designed to be swallowed and they can only take pictures and gather information. Now the researchers have experimented with 5 different variations of the device to test functions like capturing images, taking tissue samples ...

Bacteria Harnessed as Micro-Robot Motors

...ne of the main challenges in developing microscale robots lies in miniaturising their power and propulsion. Now, researchers in the US may have found a solution to this problem, by exploiting the natural movement of bacteria to propel micro-objects through water. Many bacteria propel themselves along in ...

Robot Nurses Ready For Hospitals 'In Three Years'

... thermometers. Working in teams, the intelligent robots will be able to communicate with each other and co...es can employ off-the-shelf technology, making the robots sufficiently intelligent and autonomous will require groundbreaking work. Project leader Thomas Sc...

Mobile Robots Offer 24/7 Care to Neurosurgical ICU, Stroke Patients

Two nearly 6-foot tall, remote-controlled robots are now on staff at The Methodist Hospital, caring...frared sensors to help the physician navigate. The robots allow physicians, patients, nurses and other staff to 'virtually' interact and talk at a moment's no...

Robots Help Bring Specialist Doctors To You In A Trice

...e and speak with the child. Eliza is one of four robots that will be commissioned over the next three year...a funding will support the development of four new robots which will be deployed in selected central and north Queensland hospitals, as well as employment of ...

Perception Stabilized – Thanks to Your Brains

...s have spent much time and effort trying to design robots that can recognize objects in unconstrained situations, but so far, their success has been limited. To determine whether eye movements actually help the brain recognize objects, Hafed and Krauzlis asked whether people perceived an object better whe...

Doc at a Distance

...ocedures, such as controlling bleeding. Surgical robots offer a tantalizing possibility. They would allow ...ical vehicles equipped with such remote-controlled robots could get surgical care to soldiers in a lot less time than it would take to evacuate them to the ne...

SWAN system for navigation

...tive areas of expertise -- determining location of robots and audio interfaces -- were complimentary and cou...ocuses on tracking and determining the location of robots and developing applications to help robots determine where they are and where they need to go. There...

Solitons Could Power Molecular Electronics, Artificial Muscles

... be used to power artificial muscles for high-tech robots and devices to aid human mobility. Such muscles would be made of organic polymers, and flex in response to light or electrochemical stimulation. "If fully understood, solitons may also be harnessed to drive molecular motors in nanotechnology," Li s...

Octarms for robots for better grasping of objects

...d grapple a wide variety of objects. Initially the robots could not do this and rely on mechanical gripping ... narrow spaces. The researchers predict that these robots would precisely deal with unpredictable real-world situations such as bomb disposal tasks. But furth...

IIT Delhi To Display Its Technological Innovations In 'Open House'

...ndly sanitary napkins, television antenna holders, robots with weightlifting capability and an automated mechanical flush for urinals to decrease the wastage of water. Sen said apart from demonstrations, there will be two special lectures on contemporary issues affecting public life. While the morning ses...

UK Biobank Set Up To Understand the Links between Genes, Lifestyle Environment and Illness

...of sample. Biobank would use specially designed robots for blood sample separation and for storage, retrieval and tracking of blood and urine samples. They must be kept at between -80°C and -200°C for several decades in two huge filing cabinets which is in the size of a tennis court. Participants will...

Researchers Aim To Develop Next Generation Of Surgical Robots

...chanical engineer at Purdue University is to build robots that could make an operating procedure less expens...inking of incorporating tactile sensors into these robots so that delicate tissue can be better felt and conditions better diagnosed. "Robots don't perform ...

Robotic Assisted Knee Replacement Surgery Has Improved Accuracy

...proved post-operative recovery was noted. 'These robots are designed to hold the surgeon's hand in the operating theatre, not take over the operation. This study shows they can be an enormous help, preventing surgeons from making mistakes. More importantly, by showing how the increased accuracy makes a di...

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