Oncology & Cancer
New robot could help diagnose breast cancer early
A device has been created that could carry out clinical breast examinations (CBE).
Oct 3, 2023
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News tagged with robotic technology
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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Surgery
New spine robot to serve as backbone for orthopedic innovations
As personalized medicine continues to garner more importance in the field of health care, orthopedic surgeons use advances in imaging technology coupled with the latest robotics capabilities to improve the likelihood of achieving ...
May 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Robotic testing platform helps to scale up COVID-19 testing capacity
An Imperial team has repurposed robotic technology normally used for synthetic biology research to help with testing for COVID-19.
Sep 9, 2020
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Neuroscience
Research shows people can control a robotic arm with only their minds
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a major breakthrough that allows people to control a robotic arm using only their minds. The research has the potential to help millions of people who are paralyzed or ...
Dec 14, 2016
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Biomedical technology
More transparency needed in human-robot interactions in nursing care, researchers say
It is essential in nursing care to have a transparent mapping of the entire human-robot interaction. That is the finding of the interdisciplinary research project Responsible Robotics, which researchers from TUM and the University ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Surgery
How awake spinal surgery benefits patients
Mayo Clinic is among the first in the world to perform a spinal fusion surgery, called TLIF, with robotic assistance and incorporating spinal anesthesia, meaning the patient is awake. TLIF stands for transforaminal lumbar ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Surgery
New robotic platform offers diagnosis and removal of lung cancer during single surgery
UC Davis Health physicians have performed the first single-anesthesia diagnosis to treatment of lung cancer using a fully robotic approach in the UC Health System.
May 17, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Remote assessment of health by robots from anywhere in the world
Intelligent sensing and tele-presence robotic technology, enabling health practitioners to remotely assess a person's physical and cognitive health from anywhere in the world, is being pioneered in research co-led at the ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
Robot technology for everyone or only for the average person?
Robot technology is being used more and more in health rehabilitation and in working life. Exoskeletons are one technology with great potential. But this technology is often developed for the average person. So what about ...
Aug 11, 2020
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