Guidance Matrix Based Navigation for an Autonomous Mobile Robot in Dynamic Unstructured Environments – Chelliah Kanesalingam (PhD) Real-time Video Processing for Mobile Robot Navigation and Steering – Nic Snailum (PhD) An Integrated Mobile Internet, Television and Telephone System at 42GHz – Evangelos Pallis (PhD) Design and Construction of an Autonomous Mobile Robot – David Buckley [...]
A new doctor at the hospital. Well, more or less. The male doctor is a robot that works with a joystick, has three wheels, a stethoscope and may be the solution to the shortage of doctors and nurses that affects hospitals in the nation. Chico (English acronym of Computer Intensive Care Attendant) allows physicians and [...]
Rudy is the new employee Davis Medical Center, University of California. It measures 1.68 meters, weighs 90 kilos and is a robot. Its main function is to allow doctors to interact with post-operative patients without being present. The body of this ‘Robodoc’ consists of a camera, a television screen and microphone. Thanks to its structure, [...]
Facing the increasing number of medical students and the few units available for learning, a Mexican university began using robotic patients to train future doctors. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on Monday opened the “virtual hospital” world’s largest, in which students can practice from birth with a mannequin robot up a shot in [...]
Restructuring Plan requires Sony has announced the discontinuation of production of Aibo, the famous robot dog that can monitor your home when you’re not here to speak with a vocabulary of more than 1000 words and even for latest developments, to keep a blog! Launched in 1999, the Aibo adventure stops, lack of profitability, like [...]
Medicine is increasingly calling the robot to explore new therapeutic approaches. We have already seen the case Cosmobot the robot communication aid for children, and the use of Keepon, the robot therapist to interact with children with delays and / or mental disorders.
Research in medical robotics have intensified in recent years, supported by several national incentives (Robea program, ACI and RNTS * *) and European. The areas most promising short-term tele-ultrasound robot (OTELO projects [1] and B [2]), and interventional radiology (IRAS project [3] Robea). In the longer term, the minimally invasive endoscopically should benefit from the [...]
Robotics and Mechatronics will honor the first festival of robots for the general public, academics and professionals. A rally around the robot through the robot competitions, conferences and workshops, exhibitions and entertainment. This national gathering, an initiative of Mantes-la-Jolie, aims to raise public awareness of robotics and its integration
On September 7, 2001, a woman who was in Strasbourg has been made by a doctor who happened to him … the United States! This world premiere was performed by a French Professor Jacques Marescaux, head of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery University Hospital of Strasbourg and founder of the European Institute of telesurgery. The feat [...]
A tiny device a quarter of a millimeter in diameter would be able to trace the blood in an artery to an area to operate and use miniature instruments, controlled remotely by a surgeon. This scenario is coming out of science fiction … For now, the nanochirurgien able to slip into an artery does not [...]
There is an increasing trend in using robots for medical purposes. One specific area is the rehabilitation. There are some commercial exercise machines used for rehabilitation purposes. However, these machines have limited use because of their insufficient motion freedom. In addition, these types of machines are not actively controlled and therefore can not accommodate complicated [...]
Daan Hobbelen engineer at the University of Delft, developed the robot Flame consists of seven devices, an organ of balance. Several algorithms allow it to find and keep balance. Flame can perform 20 to 25 no, while his predecessor, Meta, could make almost a hundred until it reaches a wall. Meta could also overcome obstacles [...]