Robot removes tumour for a precise heart surgery
A precise heart surgery has been performed in Melbourne, Australia, to remove a tumour from a delicate region of a 77 old woman’s heart. The robotic system called “da Vinci”…
iRobot to Create Revolutionary New Robot for DARPA
Company Receives $3.3 Million Award to Develop Cutting-Edge Robots that Help Soldiers Gain Access to Denied or Hostile Areas BEDFORD, Mass.(BUSINESS WIRE)iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today announced the Defense Advanced…
Robot-assisted surgery represents safe, effective option for patients with kidney, bladder, prostate cancers
UT Health Science Center, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care have removed more kidney, bladder tumors with the technology than any academic center in Texas. SAN ANTONIO, Dipen Parekh, M.D., a…
Health Robotics announces IV Station
Health Robotics announces IV Station (TM Pending) a centrallycontrolled, modular, distributed, flexible, redundant, patient-specific intra-venous (IV) Automation Robot for non-hazardous drug preparation, compounding, and dispensing in central pharmacylocations, satellite pharmacies,…
Wall-Climbing Robots Use SRI International’s Electroadhesion Technology
SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, today announced that it has developed and demonstrated robust wall-climbing robots using a new electrical adhesive technology called compliant electroadhesion. SRI…
Ability to Improve Efficiency and Accuracy of Complex Surgical Procedures Spurring Adoption in U.S. Image Guided and Robot Assisted Surgery Markets
DUBLIN, Ireland– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91131) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report: U.S. Image Guided and Robot Assisted Surgery Markets to their offering. This research titled…
iRobot Receives Award for DARPA LANdroids Program
iRobot Receives Award to Develop Small Mobile Communications Relay Robot – Empowering Warfighters with Ad-Hoc Communications In Theater. BURLINGTON, Mass., March 3, 2008 – iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today announced…
Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity
A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers…
“Military Turing test” would make war robots legal
“Can a robot commit a war crime?” That question was raised at the conference on The Ethics of Autonomous Military Systems behind yesterday’s story on ethical concerns over robotic weapons.…