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Acquisition of Robotic Technology Leads to Increased Rates of Prostate Cancer Surgery
March 10, 2011 — When hospitals acquire surgical robotic technology, men in that region are more likely to have prostate cancer surgery, a new study ... > full story -
New Molecular Robot Can Be Programmed to Follow Instructions
March 9, 2011 — Scientists have developed a programmable "molecular robot" -- a sub-microscopic molecular machine made of synthetic DNA that moves between track locations separated by 6nm. The robot, a short strand ... > full story -
How Do People Respond to Being Touched by a Robotic Nurse?
March 9, 2011 — Researchers have found people generally had a positive response toward being touched by a robotic nurse, but that their perception of the robot's intent made a significant ... > full story -
How Can Robots Get Our Attention?
March 8, 2011 — Researchers have found that they can program a robot to understand when it gains a human's attention and when it falls ... > full story -
New Robot to Help People to Walk Again
March 8, 2011 — Cognitive skills for a new robot which will help people with damaged limbs to walk again are being developed by researchers in the ... > full story -
Teaching Robots to Move Like Humans
March 7, 2011 — Researchers find people can better understand robot movements when robots move in a more human ... > full story -
New Technique for Improving Robot Navigation Systems
March 1, 2011 — Researchers in Europe have developed an antonym-based technique for building maps for mobile robots. This technique can be applied to improve current robot navigation systems. Another advantage of ... > full story -
Controlling a Computer With Thoughts?
February 17, 2011 — Researchers will place brain-computer interfaces in patients with spinal cord injuries to test if it is possible for them to control external devices, such as a computer cursor or a prosthetic limb, ... > full story -
Robot Therapy Can Improve Arm, Shoulder Mobility After Stroke
February 10, 2011 — Robotic-assisted rehabilitation therapy, combined with standard rehabilitation, can improve upper extremity mobility in stroke patients with paralysis on one side. Patients with severe paralysis were ... > full story -
Future Surgeons May Use Robotic Nurse, 'Gesture Recognition'
February 3, 2011 — Surgeons of the future might use a system that recognizes hand gestures as commands to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an ... > full story -
For Robust Robots, Let Them Be Babies First
January 20, 2011 — In a first-of-its-kind experiment, a scientist created robots that, like tadpoles becoming frogs, change their body forms while learning how to walk. These evolving robots learned to walk more ... > full story -
Robotic Ghost Knifefish Is 'Born'
January 19, 2011 — Researchers have created a robotic fish that can move from swimming forward and backward to swimming vertically almost instantaneously by using a sophisticated, ribbon-like fin. The robot -- created ... > full story
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