Surgery
Robot assistants in the operating room promise safer surgery
With extreme precision needed for certain medical operations, state-of-the-art robots offer a way to make surgery easier.
Jan 4, 2023
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News tagged with robotic arm
Surgery
Do new job tools improve women's performance in male-dominated fields? Evidence from robotic surgery
We all are likely to underestimate the daunting physical barriers faced by female employees due to the prevalence of working tools designed for men, but previous research has documented such an effect in various sectors. ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Technology allows amputees to control a robotic arm with their mind
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have developed a more accurate, less invasive technology that allows amputees to move a robotic arm using their brain signals instead of their muscles.
May 18, 2022
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Neuroscience
Restoring touch through electrodes implanted in the human brain will require engineering around a sensory lag
More than 5 million people in the United States are affected by limb loss or paralysis. Technological devices that directly interact with the brain, known as brain-computer interfaces, offer the potential to decode an individual's ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Radiology & Imaging
New photoacoustic imaging process has potential to improve biopsies and catheter insertions
Photoacoustic imaging is an imaging modality related to ultrasound imaging. A light source is inserted into a hollow-core needle and used to illuminate the patient's tissues. The tissue expands, resulting in pressure waves, ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Computer decodes continuous movement from brain signals
For the first time ever, the intention of a continuous movement was able to be read out from non-invasive brain signals at TU Graz. This success enables more natural and non-invasive control of neuroprostheses to be carried ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Ophthalmology
Robotic scanner automates diagnostic imaging in the eye
Engineers and ophthalmologists at Duke University have developed a robotic imaging tool that can automatically detect and scan a patient's eyes for markers of different eye diseases.
Aug 5, 2021
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Neuroscience
Brain stimulation evoking sense of touch improves control of robotic arm
Most able-bodied people take their ability to perform simple daily tasks for granted—when they reach for a warm mug of coffee, they can feel its weight and temperature and adjust their grip accordingly so that no liquid ...
May 20, 2021
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Neuroscience
Think the brain is always efficient? Think again.
A Purdue University neuroscientist's findings suggest that the brain is not as efficient as we think.
Mar 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Say ahh': Chinese robots take throat swabs to fight Covid outbreak
A Chinese city deployed robots to take COVID-19 throat swabs on Wednesday, as the country ramps up mass testing to stamp out local coronavirus outbreaks.
Jan 13, 2021
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