Service Robots > Medical Robots

A new thought controlled robot arm that was designed and tested by University of Chicago is able to move more accurately as it also provides movement sensory feedback, in addition to the previous models which was only based on visual feedback. In the experiments, monkeys were tested using brain-machine interface, where they controlled a cursor without moving their real arm, using the robotic arm. In […] Read More

Making it closer to the Iron Man movies, Raytheon company of US, have developed a second generation of exoskeleton, which they call XOS2. The robotic suit has been unveiled last week in company’s Salt Lake City research center. The company says that the second version is stronger, faste rand lighter, and it uses about 50% less power than the first version. The new design is […] Read More

A new type of surgery seems to be added to the growing field of robotic medical treatments. The spinal surgeon robot that performs spinal surgeries adds efficiency and precicion to a doctor’s ability. The robot does not do the operation itself however, it is a robotic arm that is under the full control of the doctors and a software that helps the doctsors map out […] Read More

The online maps we use to find our way before going somewhere is not designed for blind people to make use of it. A new device developed at MIT Touch Lab is designed to solve this problem. The system, called BlindAid, lets the visually impaired person to feel his or her way around the virtual model of a place before going there. One of the […] Read More

Caltech (California Institute of Technology) scientists have created a four wheeled mobile robotic platform which might help the design of visual prostheses. The robot is remote controlled and is able to simulate visual experiences of a visually impaired person who has been implanted with visual prosthesis, like an artificial retina. The researchers hope that this technology may one day give blind people an independent mobility. […] Read More

The artificial leg developed by an Iceland based company called OSSUR, can learn the users walking gait and then adjust itself accordingly. Not only that, but the leg is also able to give the user enough strength so that the natural walking motion is not interrupted as in ordinary artificial legs. The future of this technology is of course the artificial leg providing the user […] Read More

Journal of the American College of Surgeons study cites safer and easier operation with less scarring. CHICAGO (August 19, 2009. Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, has successfully treated 200 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer. The minimally invasive operation, which has several technical and cosmetic benefits that the traditional open operation does […] Read More

Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a micro robot that can accessa wide range of areas in human body by crawling. The robot moves by its micro legs, and has dimensions of 1mm diameter and 14mm length. It is powered by mini actuators, or by using magnetic force from outside of the body. It is made of silicone and metal and therefore […] Read More

BOZEN , Italy, June 29. Health-Robotics today announced that it has signed an exclusive 5-year strategic partnership with Grifols S.A., the leading Pharmacy Automation provider in Spain, Portugal, and South America. Grifols desires to safely, accurately, and cost-effectively automate the preparation of non-hazardous IV Admixtures with Health Robotics’ i.v.STATION Robot. As part of this strategic partnership, Grifols will take delivery of 120 i.v.STATION Robots between […] Read More

Scientists at Duke University of USA have built a robot that can autonomously locate pieces of metal in human flesh and guide a needle to the correct location. The procedure requires first vibrating the metal pieces by an electromagnet thus enabling the robot to detect the motion. After that, the robot advances the needle to the correct location of the metal. All this has been […] Read More