News tagged with robotic arm
AANS: Brain machine interface can control prosthetic arm
(HealthDay)—A brain-machine interface can be used to control an anthropomorphic prosthetic arm with 10 degrees-of-freedom, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association ...
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May 02, 2013 |
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Paralyzed patient moves prosthetic arm with her mind
(HealthDay)—It sounds like science fiction, but researchers are gaining ground in developing mind-controlled robotic arms that could give people with paralysis or amputated limbs more independence.
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Apr 30, 2013 |
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Restoring paretic hand function via an artificial neural connection bridging spinal cord injury
Functional loss of limb control in individuals with spinal cord injury or stroke can be caused by interruption of the neural pathways between brain and spinal cord, although the neural circuits located above and below the ...
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Apr 11, 2013 |
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Robot hot among surgeons but US taking fresh look (Update)
The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries in America last year—triple the number just four years earlier.
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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Robot-delivered speech and physical therapy
(Medical Xpress)—In one of the earliest experiments using a humanoid robot to deliver speech and physical therapy to a stroke patient, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst saw notable ...
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Mar 21, 2013 |
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Wireless, implanted sensor broadens range of brain research
A compact, self-contained sensor recorded and transmitted brain activity data wirelessly for more than a year in early stage animal tests, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Team unveils novel wireless brain sensor
A team of neuroengineers based at Brown University has developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely ...
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Feb 28, 2013 |
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Team describes findings from BCI study in spinal cord-injured man in PLoS One
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC describe in PLoS ONE how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a c ...
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Feb 08, 2013 |
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Thought-controlled prosthesis is changing the lives of amputees
The world's first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is being developed by Chalmers researcher Max Ortiz Catalan. The first operations on patients will take place this winter.
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Nov 28, 2012 |
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Young gamers offer insight to teaching new physicians robotic surgery (w/ Video)
What can high school and college-age video game enthusiasts teach young surgeons-in-training?
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Nov 15, 2012 |
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Robots enable scar-free hysterectomies for some women
The precision and three-dimensional view provided by robots can enable essentially scar-free surgery for some women needing hysterectomies, physicians report.
Surgery
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Mind-controlled robot arm research project receives 2012 breakthrough award
A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC research project in which a quadriplegic man moved a robot arm just with his thoughts has been chosen to receive one of Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Awards of 2012.
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Oct 05, 2012 |
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Surgeons offer procedures through belly button
There's a novel way to remove a gallbladder: Use a surgical robot to take it out through the navel.
Surgery
Sep 23, 2012 |
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Use of surgical robots booming despite hefty cost
Dr. John Lenihan sits at a computer console about 20 feet from his hysterectomy patient lying on the operating table.
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Jul 17, 2012 |
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Paralyzed individuals control robotic arms to reach and grasp using brain computer interface (w/ Video)
In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own – for the first time in nearly 15 years – by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm. The ...
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May 16, 2012 |
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Robotic arm
A robotic arm is a robot manipulator, usually programmable, with similar functions to a human arm. The links of such a manipulator are connected by joints allowing either rotational motion (such as in an articulated robot) or translational (linear) displacement. The links of the manipulator can be considered to form a kinematic chain. The business end of the kinematic chain of the manipulator is called the end effector and it is analogous to the human hand. The end effector can be designed to perform any desired task such as welding, gripping, spinning etc., depending on the application. For example robot arms in automotive assembly lines perform a variety of tasks such as welding and parts rotation and placement during assembly.
In space the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System also known as Canadarm or SSRMS and its successor Canadarm2 are examples of multi degree of freedom robotic arms that have been used to perform a variety of tasks such as inspections of the Space Shuttle using a specially deployed boom with cameras and sensors attached at the end effector and satellite deployment and retrieval manoeuvres from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle.
The robot arms can be autonomous or controlled manually and can be used to perform a variety of tasks with great accuracy.
The robotic arm can be fixed or mobile (i.e. wheeled) and can be designed for industrial or home applications.
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