Service Robots

ScienceDaily (July 14, 2008) Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household robots, the “Care-O-bot® 3”. (Read more at ScienceDaily at the link below.) Reference: sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080710113026.htm Read More

A new hi tech imaging technique developed in Germany using an imaging robot called “Nanozoomer” makes it possible for the first time to automatically reproduce and evaluate tissue slices in ultra high resolution and in various planes. Researchers are calling this a quantum leap in tissue research. Please click below for original article at upi. Reference: upi.com/Science_News/2008/07/07/Robot_imager_evaluates_tiny_tissue_slices/UPI-12941215446635/ Read More

I-robot filed a new patent for the new lawn moving robot. The features for the new robot will include sensing uncut grass and making sure the blades are aligned, possibility of collecting clippings and depositing them at a specified location, possibility of proximity sensors to avoid running into pets or people, learning your lawn for the first cutting and remembering for the future, glass combing […] Read More

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” which has been used by the hospital since 2004, has performed about 200 operations so far. The robot copies the movements of heart surgeons with much more presicion and reduces the hand tremors to zero. […] Read More

Industrial pipe systems are inaccessible and narrow. The pipes can be vertical and have junctions. Just as challenging, leakage points in the water system must be located, the condition of oil and gas pipelines must be checked and ventilation systems need to be cleaned.In the main, today’s robots are not that clever. They cannot climb or navigate in vertical pipes – and very few have […] Read More

A research team from the University of the Basque Country, led by Basilio Sierra, is devising a robot that can get around by itself. Tartalo is able to identify different places and ask permission before going through a doorway.We are accustomed to seeing robots programmed to carry out a concrete task such as the robotic arms well known in industry. What is surprising is to […] Read More

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 urologic oncologist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, deftly operates the handles and pedals of a console located 6 feet away from his patient’s operating table. The handles and pedals […] Read More

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, and even patient care workplaces.Health Robotics, the worldwide leader in the robotic automation of patient specific IV Admixtures today announced IV Station (TM Pending), a new IV automation solution that complements CytoCare™, the company’s award […] Read More

A leading robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will raise the alarm about a new generation of childcare robots being developed in Japan and tested in American schools, at the Cheltenham Science Festival today (Thursday 5 June 2008). Professor Noel Sharkey will discuss a number of ethical issues linked to the near-future applications of robots such as childcare, as well as care for the […] Read More

China wants to ensure safe Olympic Games. Berlin, 17/03/2008 The Olympic fire is about to be lit in the Chinese capital of Beijing in less than five months. In the run-up to the event, the security issue is receiving particular attention.This is not surprising, seeing as around 10,500 athletes will compete in 28 disciplines and 302 different contests. Athletes, media representatives, audiences as well as […] Read More