Robot

Cardiorobotics Closes $11.6M Series A Financing to Advance Clinical Development of Snake Robot for Surgery

PITTSBURGH, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiorobotics, Inc., a medical device company developing snake robot technologies for use in a wide range of surgical and interventional applications has closed on an $11.6 Million private equity Series A round of financing. The round was led by Eagle Vent...

Veterans Affairs Researchers Study Benefits of Robot for Ankle Rehabilitation

Researchers at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine are conducting research using a novel ankle robot ("Anklebot"), invented by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and sponsored by the Department of Vet...

Lifelike Robot Provides Innovative Rehabilitation Treatment for Patients

Wisconsin 's Sacred Heart Hospital enhances patient experience with Pleo dinosaur EAU CLAIRE, Wis., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Looking beyond the physical and occupational therapy norms, Sacred Heart Hospital's Physical Rehabilitation Center introduced a new team member who is ...

A Robot That Reads Your Mind?

Researchers program automatons to anticipate human needs FRIDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- European researchers say they have developed a robot that anticipates a human's needs. The robots, built by members of the European Commission's Joint-Action Science and Technology proje...

GeckoSystems Reveals Eldercare Capable Personal Robot Sales Forecasts

CONYERS, Ga., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GCKO) announced today their eldercare capable personal robot sales forecasts for the years 2010 to 2014. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging Mobile Service Robot (MSR) industry revolutionizing their developme...

U.S. Mobile Robot Co. Reveals Pacific Rim Sales Forecasts

CONYERS, Ga., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GCKO) announced today their Pacific Rim personal robot sales forecasts in the eldercare markets for the years 2010 to 2014. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging Mobile Service Robot (MSR) industry re...

New Website Launched, The Robot Report, Tracking The Business of Robotics

THE ROBOT REPORT is a new website dedicated to tracking the business of robotics. Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2008 -- THE ROBOT REPORT is a new website dedicated to tracking the business of robotics. It is a resource for news and links to and about this g...

Charlotte Children's Hospital Gets a Delivery from Aethon's Train-Themed Robot This Fall

TUG Delivers Cheer, Medication and Equipment to Young Patients and Helps Raise Money for Make-A-Wish Foundation PITTSBURGH, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Aethon Inc. today announced general availability of its train-themed "JR" autonomous mobile robot to children's hospitals across th...

Aethon's Train-Themed Delivery Robot Available To Children's Hospitals Nationwide

TUG Delivers Cheer, Medication and Equipment to Young Patients and Helps Raise Money for Make-A-Wish Foundation PITTSBURGH, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Aethon Inc. today announced general availability of its train-themed "JR" autonomous mobile robot to children's hospitals across t...

TU Delft robot Flame walks like a human

Researcher Daan Hobbelen of TU Delft has developed a new, highly-advanced walking robot: Flame. This type of research, for which Hobbelen will receive his PhD on Friday 30 May, is important as it provides insight into how people walk. This can in turn help people with walking difficulties through ...

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Robot in Medical Technology

WORLD'S First Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant Performed at Saint Barnabas Medical Center

... and now we know why," stated Maureen. Dr. Geffner performed the first robot assisted kidney transplant in the world on Maureen at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. He has since performed 8 other robot assisted kidney transplant surgeries. Dr. Geffner is also the first re...

ActiveSight and CHDI Leverage Fragment-Based Lead Discovery for Huntington Disease Therapies

...uctural determination will be facilitated by Rigaku's tools for high-throughput X-ray crystallography, including the ACTOR(TM) crystal-mounting system robot and MIFit+ automated structural determination software. ActiveSight has leveraged these capabilities to screen several drug targets with their proprie...

Robot in Medical Products

VICTOR2 multilabel counter with IR, high density TR-fluorometry, stacker and robot loading

Description: The VICTOR2 multilabel counter with IR, high density TR-fluorometry, stacker and robot loading option for fluorescence, high density time-resolved fluorescence, luminescence and absorption measurements. Loading of the instrument is semi- or fully automatic....
Company:PerkinElmer Life And Analytical Sciences, Inc.

VICTOR2 multilabel counter with TR-fluorometry, stacker and robot loading

Description: This is the modular VICTOR2 multilabel counter with the TR-fluorometry, stacker and robot loading options.The addition of a xenon flash lamp brings the time-resolved fluorescence counting mode to the instrument....
Company:PerkinElmer Life And Analytical Sciences, Inc.

VICTOR2 multilabel counter with high density TR-fluorometry, stacker and robot loading

Description: This is the modular VICTOR2 multilabel counter with the high density TR-fluorometry, stacker and robot loading options. The extra high density TRF option minimizes the excitation beam for TRF which is beneficial in high density plates e.g. 864-well plates....
Company:PerkinElmer Life And Analytical Sciences, Inc.

VICTOR2 multilabel counter with stacker and robot loading

Description: The basic modular version of the VICTOR2 multilabel counter for fluorescence, luminescence and absorption measurements, with the stacker and the robotic loading configuration....
Company:PerkinElmer Life And Analytical Sciences, Inc.

HMS 760 X Robot Stainer

Description: Each bath container of the Robot Stainer HMS 760 X is equipped with individual covers that are automatically lifted and transferred during program execution. This feature in combination with the innovative drip preventing system contributes to a significant reduction of odors, carryover and reagent...
Company:MICROM International GmbH

HMS 760 Robot Stainer

Description: HMS 760 Robot Stainer. Version includes display....
Company:Richard-Allan Scientific

Elmed Retract - Robot

Description: Elmed Retract - Robot an single arm instrument, with extra long (10") horizontal extension for improved cephalad and anterior retraction. Retract - Robot (Retractor system) was designed to assist surgeons during intensive procedures and to free surgical assistants....
Company:Elmed Inc.

E-Holder™ Platform

Description:...mly in place during robotic loading. This allows reproducible placement and loading from one gel to the next without having to make adjustments to the robot loading software. In addition, the E-Holder™ Platform allows you to load samples on one E-Gel® 96 or E-Gel® 48 gel while other gels are ...
Company:Invitrogen

Robotic MBS Thermal Cycler 0.2 ml

Description:... 0.2ml Gradient Block MBSR. robot compatible block ejection mechanism. Stackable. (96 well block - holds 1 plate 0.2ml x 96 well plate)...
Company:ThermoFisher Scientific

ORTHODOC

Description:...m the CT scan, the surgeon creates a precise preoperative plan optimized for the patient. This preoperative plan provides all the necessary data for a robot during surgery....
Company:Integrated Surgical Systems

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Robot in Medical Definition

Disability robot

Disabled robotics is the use of robots to help humans cope with a medical disability that otherwise impedes the completion of daily tasks . See also Artificial powered exoskeleton Domotics and domestic robots . Gerontotechnology Monkey helper Service robot ...

NeuroArm

...Arm , the world’s first MRI -compatible surgical robot , was engineered using plastics, titanium and othe...e , Globe and Mail, April 17, 2007 New surgical robot system unveiled at University of Calgary , CBC , April 17, 2007 robot set to revolutionize brain surgery , CTV , April ...

Robot in Medical Dictionary

Prostatectomy

...rinary symptoms from a noncancerous condition (simple prostatectomy ) ... Simple or radical prostatectomy can be done using open, laparoscopic , or robot ... A radical prostatectomy is the surgical removal of the prostate, seminal ... PAMF urologists will perform your radical prostatectomy at St...

Robot in Biological News

Pinhead-size worms + robot = new antibiotics

In an advance that could help ease the antibiotic drought, scientists in Massachusetts are describing successful use of a test that enlists pinhead-sized worms in efforts to discover badly needed new antibiotics. Their study appeared in ACS Chemical Biology , a monthly journal. Frederick Ausu...

Autonomous robot detects shrapnel

DURHAM, N.C. Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a laboratory robot that can successfully locate tiny pieces of metal within flesh and guide a needle to its exact location - all without the need for human assistance. The successful proof-of-feasibility experiments lead the researche...

UK robot sub searches for signs of melting 60 km into an Antarctic ice shelf cavity

Autosub, a robot submarine built and developed by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has successfully completed a high-risk campaign of six missions travelling under an Antarctic glacier. Autosub has been exploring Pine Island Glacier, a floating extension of the West Antarctic...

New robot scouts best locations for components of undersea lab

Like a deep-sea bloodhound, Sentry the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own in demanding and rugged environments has helped scientists pinpoint optimal locations for two observation sites of a pioneering seafloor laboratory being planned off Washington ...

School of Robofish provides basis for underwater robot teams

In the world of underwater robots, this is a team of pioneers. While most ocean robots require periodic communication with scientist or satellite intermediaries to share information, these can work cooperatively communicating only with each other. Over the past five years Kristi Morgansen, a U...

Radiation-armed robot rapidly destroys human lung tumors

Super-intense radiation delivered by a robotic arm eradicated lung tumors in some human patients just 3-4 months after treatment, medical physicist Cihat Ozhasoglu, Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will report in early August at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Associatio...

Surgical Robot 'Scrubs In' At UNC, May Be More Precise Than Conventional Surgery

The new surgical assistant at the University of North Carolina Hospitals arrived in February sporting three arms, a computerized brain and a glowing track record in helping to repair heart valves, remove cancerous prostates, bypass blocked coronary arteries and perform gastric bypass operations for...

Argonne to showcase science and technology at community open house

...erience Argonne's research firsthand with experiences like: Strap on special 3-D glasses to explore the outer edges of the universe Race the robot in a molecular biology speed challenge Test your sense of smell against an electronic nose View a chain reaction Calculate your environ...

Robo-bats with metal muscles may be next generation of remote control flyers

...ily measured, thus providing simultaneous action and sensory input. This dual functionality will help cut down on the robo-bat's weight, and allow the robot to respond quickly to changing conditions such as a gust of wind as perfectly as a real bat." In addition to creating a surveillance tool with ve...

Bull's-eye electrode helps interpret thoughts, deliver stimulus to aid paralyzed, epileptic patients

...et the movement you want to make? It would allow paralyzed individuals to be more independent by letting them use their thoughts to perhaps control a robot or computer or a wheelchair." In addition to detecting signals from the brain, Besio believes the electrode can be used in a therapeutic manner to...

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Robot in Biological Technology

ICU Medical Inc. and Health Robotics Announce Compatibility of CytoCare(TM) Robot and CLAVE(R) Needle-Free Connector to Enable Safer Hazardous Drug Handling

BOZEN and SUD TIROL, Italy, December 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics and ICU Medical today announced the culmination of the development work both companies undertook to enable CytoCare(TM) customers to utilize the CLAVE(R) Needle-Free Connector around the world. Based on customer de...

Health Robotics Announces Strategic Partnership in Japan for its CytoCare(TM) Robot with TOSHO Inc.

BOZEN, Italy, November 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Health-Robotics today announced that TOSHO Inc., the global pioneer in Pharmacy Automation since 1971, has selected Health Robotics' CytoCare(TM) Robot after an extensive due diligence process undertaken by TOSHO's engineering and management teams, and...

Gynecologic Oncologist, With Board Certification in GYN Oncology, OB/GYN, and Surgery Offers Women With Cancer the Newest Treatment Frontier: the Surgical Robot

HACKENSACK, N.J., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- For a woman facing gynecologic cancer surgery, her best chance for a successful outcome is to choose a gynecologic oncologist, a physician who has undergone extensive training in the surgical treatment of cancers of the female reproductive system...

St. John's Hospital Acquires Latest Technology in Robotic-Assisted Surgery

...nparalleled precision, dexterity and control that allow for a minimally invasive approach to many complex surgical procedures. The da Vinci robot allows a surgeon to operate through a console adjacent to the operating table. Unlike normal laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon has a full-range of mo...

Health Robotics to Launch Germany's Installations of i.v.STATION(TM) at Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin

...ith Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin. Charite will install an i.v.STATION robot at its Centrum 14 during the second half of 2009. The primary challe...ficulty in maintaining adequate and trained clinical staff. The i.v.STATION robot that automatically compounds non-hazardous IV doses and delivers them to th...

Xconomy Launches XSITE 2009; First Annual Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at Boston University

... Co-founder John Abele, and Yet-Ming Chiang, co-founder of A123Systems. Start-ups represented include: black silicon developer SiOnyx, industrial robot maker Kiva Systems, and Satori Pharmaceuticals, which is developing a pill to fight Alzheimer's disease. With these and other participants, XSITE 2009...

Health Robotics Reports Triple-Digit-Growth Across All Financial Metrics in Fiscal Year 2008

...r of operations also allowed us to test direct sales operations in certain European and Asia-Pacific areas, and to comfortably plan to develop a third robot [TPNstation] as part of a new strategic partnership expanding from IV Therapy into the Parenteral Nutrition market in FY2010. We expect the demonstrat...

IEEE Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary Presenting Emerging, World Changing Technologies During Its 'Embracing Human Technology Interactions' Media Event

...ersity Medical Center - Dr. Nicolelis and his team have developed a microchip that allows human brains to communicate with robots and enables the robot to send a return message directly back to the brain, without use of sight/touch. Looking ahead, he believes his work will allow communication from hu...

CUREXO Technology Corporation Announces New Headquarters

...ation equipped with proprietary software for 3-D preoperative surgical planning, and the ROBODOC(R) Surgical Assistant, a computer-controlled surgical robot utilized for precise cavity and surface preparation for hip and knee replacement surgeries. The ROBODOC(R) Surgical System has been cleared by th...

Health Robotics Expands i.v.STATION(TM) Partnership With Can-Med in 10 Countries Within Central Asia

... announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Can-Med has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to Health Robotics' i.v.STATION robot in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. i.v.STATION is the world's first an...

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Robot in Biological Products

6-DOF HEXAPOD Handling Robot from Physik Instrumente

Description: The M-840 HEXALIGHT robot is based on PI's experience in high-resolution parallel kinematic machines (PKM) over more than a decade. PI Hexapods were originally used in astronomical telescopes for mirror and antenna adjustments over wide ranges in small step sizes. The M-840 provides six degrees of ...
Company:Physik Instrumente

nano25 from Hudson Control Group, Inc.

Description:...l dispensing Source liquid level detection In-line track compatibility for unparalleled high throughput and ease of set up Fully compatible with robot loading systems or can be used manually Controlled via an RS-232 port and comes with its own easy-to-use GUI Includes Hudson Control Groups SoftLi...
Company:Hudson Control Group, Inc.

pLivSelect Cloning Kit A from Bio S&T

Description:...olor screening. This quick and inexpensive process provides close to 100% accuracy in recombinant selection. pLivSelect is also the ideal platform for robot colony picking. This cloning kit can be used for ends generated by Xba I, Nhe I, Hpa I, Hind III and Xho I....
Company:Bio S&T

pLivSelect Cloning Kit R-A from Bio S&T

Description:...olor screening. This quick and inexpensive process provides close to 100% accuracy in recombinant selection. pLivSelect is also the ideal platform for robot colony picking. This cloning kit can be used for ends generated by Xba I, Nhe I, Hpa I, Hind III and Xho I. Dry-state and stable at room temperature....
Company:Bio S&T

pLivSelect Cloning Kit R-B from Bio S&T

Description:...olor screening. This quick and inexpensive process provides close to 100% accuracy in recombinant selection. pLivSelect is also the ideal platform for robot colony picking. This cloning kit can be used for ends generated by Aat II, Xma I, Nco I, Mfe I and Sac I. Dry-state and stable at room temperature....
Company:Bio S&T

pLivSelect Cloning Kit C from Bio S&T

Description:...olor screening. This quick and inexpensive process provides close to 100% accuracy in recombinant selection. pLivSelect is also the ideal platform for robot colony picking. This cloning kit is customized as vector DNA is digested using customer-selected group of five restriction enzymes from : Xba I, Nhe ...
Company:Bio S&T

Staccato Automated Systems from Caliper Life Sciences

Description:...optional servo gripper for on-deck automation. For additional walk away time, Sciclone Replication Station can be field retrofitted with a Twister II robot on an iBLOX base unit. For maximum automated loading, a Presto AutoStack unit may also be field retrofitted. The system is pre-integrated and arrives...
Company:Caliper Life Sciences

Robotic MBS Thermal Cycler 0.2 ml from Thermo Scientific

Description:... 0.2ml Gradient Block MBSR. robot compatible block ejection mechanism. Stackable. (96 well block - holds 1 plate 0.2ml x 96 well plate)...
Company:Thermo Scientific

Robotic MBS Thermal Cycler 384 Well from Thermo Scientific

Description:... 384 well block MBSr. robot compatible block ejection mechanism. Stackable. (384 well block - holds 384 well plate)...
Company:Thermo Scientific

96 well Magnetic-Ring Stand 1 each from Ambion

Description:...magnetic stand, paramagnetic beads in a U-bottom plate will pellet in a donut shape ~ 6 mm in diameter, which enables easy removal of supernatant by a robot or with a multichannel pipettor. It sits flat on a lab bench, as well as in a microtiter plate adapter on robotic workstations....
Company:Ambion

Robot in Biological Dictionary

Exoskeleton

...lt Lake City, Utah, is developing the exoskeleton , a robotic suit for the soldier of tomorrow. Video: The XOS Exoskeleton in Action. The Army's robot Sherpa ... I will say this for the exo-skeleton , it is worth waiting for. ... This motorized exoskeleton concept looks like the lovechild of Ir...

Axon

...g software: Adobe Acrobat ... Then give Axon a call. ... Axon would like to congratulate the New York City Coalition Against Hunger ... Build a robot for Free! ... The Axon was developed for robots that go beyond the basics. ... Axon Function List & Software for programming help. ... SOLO...