Robotic surgery is reshaping modern medicine. A combination of robotics and advanced imaging technologies allows surgeons to ...

Imagine a physician attempting to reach a cancerous nodule deep within a patient's lung – a target the size of a pea, hidden behind a maze of critical blood vessels and airways that shift with every ...

Assistive robotics for gait support and rehabilitation represent an evolving field at the intersection of robotics, biomechanics and clinical practice. The integration of sensor technologies with ...

A tear in an ultra-fine blood vessel, just 100 microns wide — one tenth of a millimetre — must be meticulously repaired to restore blood flow to transplanted tissue taken from another part of the body ...

Jacob Rosen is developing a wearable robotic “exoskeleton” that could enable a person to lift heavy objects with little effort. It’s a bit like the robotic armor that has long been a staple of ...

A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors. The successful use of imitation learning to train ...

Researchers in China built a neuromorphic robotic skin that lets humanoid robots sense pain and react instantly to harm.

In a mature industry such as medical device manufacturing, companies can be lulled into thinking that they already have their patents and intellectual property issues covered. But Robert Lord, partner ...

If you're ever faced with trying to pick up a grain of rice with a pair of chopsticks, spare a thought for the scientists behind this latest innovation, which has been called "a medical breakthrough ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Piedmont Medical Center is hosting its second annual Robotic Symposium, welcoming over 200 students from York and Lancaster Counties to experience surgical robotic systems firsthand.

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