News articles tagged with 'robot'
Long-term study: Robot-assisted prostate surgery is safe
— 28 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthIn the first study of its kind, urologists and biostatisticians at Henry Ford Hospital have found that robot-assisted surgery to remove cancerous prostate glands is safe over the long…
How do people respond to being touched by a robot?
— 9 Mar 2011 19:17 | HealthFor people, being touched can initiate many different reactions from comfort to discomfort, from intimacy to aggression. But how might people react if they were touched by a robot?…
Teaching robots to move like humans
— 7 Mar 2011 17:07 | TechnologyWhen people communicate, the way they move has as much to do with what they're saying as the words that come out of their mouths. But what about when robots communicate with people?…
Robot therapy can improve arm, shoulder mobility after stroke
— 10 Feb 2011 18:25 | HealthTherapy in which robots manipulate paralysed arms, combined with standard rehabilitation, can improve arm and shoulder mobility in patients after stroke, according to research presented…
Robotic ghost knifefish is born
— 19 Jan 2011 18:05 | TechnologyResearchers at Northwestern University have created a robotic fish that can move from swimming forward and backward to swimming vertically almost instantaneously by using a sophisticated,…
A robot with finger-tip sensitivity
— 3 Jan 2011 16:56 | TechnologyPicture the following: With great care, a robot picks up a gear wheel in one hand, a housing in the other, and places the two together. When they don't immediately engage, it breaks…
Underwater robots on course to the deep sea
— 25 Nov 2010 16:30 | EnvironmentEven when equipped with compressed-air bottles and diving regulators, humans reach their limits very quickly under water. In contrast, unmanned submarine vehicles that are connected…
New long-range undersea robot goes the distance
— 3 Nov 2010 11:26 | EnvironmentOver the past decade, the undersea robots known as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become increasingly important in oceanographic research. Today's AUVs fall into two groups:…
McSleepy meets DaVinci
— 22 Oct 2010 19:29 | HealthIn a world first, a completely robotic surgery and anaesthesia has been performed at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The DaVinci surgical robot, which lets surgeons work…
I want to see what you see: Babies treat 'social robots' as sentient beings
— 15 Oct 2010 11:20 | TechnologyBabies are curious about nearly everything, and they're especially interested in what their adult companions are doing. Touch your tummy, they'll touch their own tummies. Wave your…