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PEERbots Receives ASF Grant to Expand Robot-Powered Telehealth Solutions

The Autism Science Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding autism research, today announced that it has awarded a grant to PEERbots, a nonprofit organization that develops social robot puppet software to support telehealth for children, especially beneficial to those with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

14 Oct 2020

Novel Cirq Robotic Arm Ensures Safety and Precision of Spine Surgeries

A novel technology contributed by two MedStar Health hospitals enhances precision and accelerates recovery time for spine surgery patients.

14 Oct 2020

Intelligent Robotic System Could Make Colonoscopy Easier for Doctors

Scientists have made a breakthrough in their work to develop semi-autonomous colonoscopy, using a robot to guide a medical device into the body.

13 Oct 2020

Researchers Create Virtual Reality Software to Develop New Treatments for Diseases

A new virtual reality software, called vLUME, enables scientists to “walk” inside and inspect individual cells.

13 Oct 2020

Study Explores the Use of Robots, AI to Ease COVID-19 Pressures on Hospitals

Hospitals across the globe could raise their productivity and efficiency as well as increase safety and quality while limiting and decreasing charges.

9 Oct 2020

Using AI Technology to Connect Chiropractors and Patients

As a chiropractor, the goal is to help patients live and feel better;

9 Oct 2020

New Handheld Robotic Exoskeleton Improves Lives of People with Limited or No Mobility

At the University of Alicante ArtefactosLAB, the Engineering Design and Technological Development Group (DIDET) has once again taken a step ahead concerning social innovation with the design of a new handheld robotic exoskeleton.

8 Oct 2020

Researchers Address Challenges in Robotic Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic

Robotic surgery has a crucial role to play in the advanced management of bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and other medical disorders treated by urologists.

7 Oct 2020

Flinders Cardiology Uses AI to Promote Better Healthcare

Advanced algorithms developed with artificial intelligence (AI) techniques will be used to facilitate more accurate diagnosis of heart attacks and other common cardiac public hospital presentations under a new research partnership funded by the federal government.

7 Oct 2020

$3.2 Million Grant Awarded to Use AI for Improving Heart Transplant Outcomes

A team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, were recently awarded a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance research for improving heart transplant outcomes for patients.

6 Oct 2020