At the Humanoids 2010 conference held in Nashville this week a paper was presented on robotic help in ERs (emergency rooms) by author Mitch Wilkes, titled,"Heterogeneous Artificial Agents for Triage Nurse Assistance". Wilkes is the associate director of the Center for Intelligent Systems and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University.
The Siemens Competition announced the winners of its college scholarships during a ceremony at George Washington University. Six individual students and six teams of students competed in Washington after winning regional competitions in November. They presented their research to a panel of judges Sunday.
Researchers at UT Austin's HCR Laboratory along with Meka Robotics have developed a cute and reactive head for the Meka humanoid.
NASA is offering $20 million in support of the robotics non profit organisation ‘FIRST’ or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
MidWest Research Institute (MRI) is undertaking the phase IIa of the Individual Protection Ensemble Mannequin System (IPEMS) project, to develop a Mannequin humanoid for examining war-fighter protection equipment against chemical combat elements.
As a part of its incentive for student participation in science, technology and mathematics with a focus on robotic technology, NASA is providing up to $20 million over the next five years to support a national program.
University of Tsukuba Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai is the inventor of the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) that comprises a wrap-around robotic belt and legs. Sensors attached on top of the patient's skin pick up brain signals instructing the robotic legs to move.
U.S. President Barack Obama recently attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, which took place in Yokohama, Japan. He met not only heads of state and world leaders but also several Japanese robots.
Groups of middle school students from Northwest Georgia competed in a FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament conducted Saturday at Darlington Middle School. The competition is part of FIRST, a not-for-profit organization founded to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology.
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, presented ‘Cody’ a robot to assist medical staff . It can sponge bath patients. The Georgia Tech team presented a paper on its assistive robot at the 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2010) last month.
Terms
While we only use edited and approved content for Azthena
answers, it may on occasions provide incorrect responses.
Please confirm any data provided with the related suppliers or
authors. We do not provide medical advice, if you search for
medical information you must always consult a medical
professional before acting on any information provided.
Your questions, but not your email details will be shared with
OpenAI and retained for 30 days in accordance with their
privacy principles.
Please do not ask questions that use sensitive or confidential
information.
Read the full Terms & Conditions.