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This blog explores the fields that embrace the development of an ecology of soft and sentient machines that will help and assist humans in the broadest possible sense to support and sustain our welfare.
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Category Archives: Robots and Health
Emotion Reading Robots
Perceptive machines lend a hand in the real-world The robot featured in the picture is named Matilda and she also has a ¨male¨counterpart named Jack. Their creators at La Trobe University ( in partnership with Kyoto University and Japan’s NEC Corporation)
Robot Revolutionizes Home Schooling
Learning from home may be the only option for some but robots can help fill some critical gaps Cris Colaluca is a 14 year old boy who is attending class at his local school for the first time in six … Continue reading
Robots Hit Healthcare in New Ways
Robots are out of the operating room and at patients’ bedsides! Robots that perform surgery have been around for a while. The da Vinci system, which has been in use since the 90s, electronically translates a surgeon’s hand movement into … Continue reading
Europe’s Integrative Technology
Robots for stroke patients and more… The video above features the LOPES (Lower Extremity-Powered ExoSkeleton) developed by Dr. ir Herman van der Kooij and his team at the University of Twente, Netherlands to assist stroke patients who are learning how … Continue reading
A Robot’s Bedside Manner
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discuss their research on a robot’s touch. How can we make robots safe? How can we make them perform their tasks effectively? Although these are among the most critical questions today’s robot engineers … Continue reading
Safer, Quicker Brain Surgery
Europe develops robots to assist neurosurgeons The ACTIVE project (Active Constraints Technologies for III-defined or Volatile Environments) is a 4 year European project which started in April of 2011. The ACTIVE project stemmed from a previous European project called ROBOCAST … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Robots and Health, Robots Around the World
Tagged ACTIVE, EU digital agenda, Neelie Kroes, neurosurgery, ROBOCAST, Robot Companions
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SKINformation
As the largest organ of the human body, our skin provides us with loads of valuable data Hot. Sharp. Rough. Wet. Our skin is capable of giving us this type of information about the objects and environment around us. As … Continue reading
Miniature Machines with Major Applications
Earth’s little critters give scientists big ideas Paolo Dario is a Professor of Biomedical Robotics at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa who is heavily involved in the study of micro-machines for medical purposes. In coordination with 3 other European … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Robots and Health, Robots and Research
Tagged Paolo Dario, Surgical robots
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