Surgery
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.
Jul 17, 2012
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News tagged with robotic arm
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
Researchers determine how the brain controls robotic grasping tools
Grasping an object involves a complex network of brain functions. First, visual cues are processed in specialized areas of the brain. Then, other areas of the brain use these signals to control the hands to reach for and ...
Feb 2, 2015
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Medical research
Thought-controlled robotic arm 'makes a big negative a whole lot better'
Dr. Albert Chi, a UA College of Medicine graduate, helped develop a robotic arm and hand that a person can control with his or her thoughts.
Jul 8, 2013
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Cardiology
Researchers use video game-like test to study learning and recovery in stroke patients
A robotic arm and a virtual game were essential tools in a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The study results suggest that while training doesn't change neurological repair in chronic stroke patients, ...
Oct 27, 2016
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Surgery
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.
Apr 9, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Video: How robotic bronchoscopy helps diagnose lung cancer
When caught early, lung cancer can often be successfully treated. The problem, however, is that there typically aren't any symptoms in its early stages. That makes the early detection of lung cancer all the more important.
Mar 16, 2023
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Surgery
Robot-inserted needles and catheters
Researchers at the UPM are involved in the design of a robotic arm for precise guidance of the insertion of needles, catheters and surgical instruments in procedures of minimally invasive surgery.
Dec 2, 2013
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Biomedical technology
Augmenting the human body with a wearable robotic arm
Imagine having a third arm—a robotic one—to assist you with daily living. Silvestro Micera from EPFL, Switzerland, is engineering the human nervous system to make this a possibility.
Mar 3, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Use it or lose it: New robotic system assesses mobility after stroke
Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Each year more than 15 million people worldwide have strokes, and three-quarters of stroke survivors will experience impairment, weakness and paralysis in their ...
Nov 15, 2023
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