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)

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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

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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

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Pals in Pediatrics

The ALIZ-E project investigates the use of social robots with children in hospitals The European project ALIZ-E began in the spring of 2010 and is scheduled to run for another 3 years with 8.29M€ in funding. The goal of the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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