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Heart Failure Patients Fitted with CRT-D Fare No Better with Remote Monitoring

Heart failure patients fitted with biventricular defibrillators (CRT-D) fared no better with remote monitoring (RM) of their condition compared to those whose devices were monitored during in-clinic visits, according to results of the MORE-CARE study.

29 Aug 2016

Innovative Underground Radar Technology Helps City of Slidell Detect Underground Infrastructure Damage

An innovative underground radar technology developed at Louisiana Tech University is helping the City of Slidell in south Louisiana to identify and document underground infrastructure damage that had gone undetected in the months and years following Hurricane Katrina.

26 Aug 2016

Virtual Reality Experiment Shows That Bodily Self-Consciousness Involves the Brain Monitoring Heartbeat

With a virtual-reality experiment, EPFL neuroscientists have shown how the brain receives heartbeat signals to produce bodily self-consciousness.

26 Aug 2016

Robot-Assisted Neurorehabilitation, Latest Generation of Medical Robots

As the population of Europe ages, an increase in the number of people needing rehabilitation due to stroke and other neurological diseases is expected. Occupational therapies and physiotherapies could offer the chance to recover lost movement and regain independence.

25 Aug 2016

Octobot is The First Completely Soft Robot Without Electronics

Harvard University researchers who specialize in mechanical engineering, 3D printing, and microfluidics have showcased the first independent, untethered, completely soft robot.

25 Aug 2016

Kimera’s Nigel Artificial General Intelligence Technology First to Learn Common Sense Through Observation

Kimera Systems Inc. today announced its Nigel™ artificial general intelligence (AGI) technology became the first commercially deployable artificial intelligence technology to observe user behavior, comprehend context, and derive a common sense set of actions to apply under specific circumstances.

25 Aug 2016

Paraplegic Patients Gain Independence in Walking Through Intensive Robot-Assisted Therapy

Nature Publishing Group recently published an innovative study illustrating the benefits obtained from long-term training with Brain Machine Interfaces (BMI) on patients who have suffered a spinal cord injury (SCI).

25 Aug 2016

New Stretchy Supercapacitors Pave Way for Wearable Electronics

The development of stretchy power sources would be a key factor in the development of soft robots capable of washing dishes or smart T-shirts capable of powering cell phones. Traditional batteries are rigid and thick, and therefore cannot be used in tiny malleable devices.

25 Aug 2016

RADA’s Systems to Provide Air Defense with Highly Advanced Aerial Surveillance Capabilities

RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. today announced its selection by an Asian military force of its Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR) based RPS-42 aerial surveillance radar systems.

24 Aug 2016

Development of Autonomous Vehicle Technology Can Benefit Future of Self-Driving Industry

With Delphi and Mobileye partnering to develop autonomous vehicle technology, a researcher in artificial intelligence says that more development can only benefit the future of the self-driving industry.

24 Aug 2016

World-First Research Finds Technical Problems Rather than Operator Errors Behind Majority of Drone Accidents

Researchers Dr Graham Wild and Dr Glenn Baxter from RMIT University’s School of Engineering, along with John Murray from Edith Cowan University, completed the first examination of more than 150 reported civil incidents around the world involving drones, or Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).

24 Aug 2016

Robotics News

Heart Failure Patients Fitted with CRT-D Fare No Better with Remote Monitoring

Innovative Underground Radar Technology Helps City of Slidell Detect Underground Infrastructure Damage

Virtual Reality Experiment Shows That Bodily Self-Consciousness Involves the Brain Monitoring Heartbeat

Robot-Assisted Neurorehabilitation, Latest Generation of Medical Robots

Octobot is The First Completely Soft Robot Without Electronics

Kimera’s Nigel Artificial General Intelligence Technology First to Learn Common Sense Through Observation

Paraplegic Patients Gain Independence in Walking Through Intensive Robot-Assisted Therapy

New Stretchy Supercapacitors Pave Way for Wearable Electronics

RADA’s Systems to Provide Air Defense with Highly Advanced Aerial Surveillance Capabilities

Development of Autonomous Vehicle Technology Can Benefit Future of Self-Driving Industry

World-First Research Finds Technical Problems Rather than Operator Errors Behind Majority of Drone Accidents

Majority of Users Prefer Expressive Robots than More Efficient, Less Error Prone Ones

ABB’s YuMii Robot Solution Recognized as One of Best Industrial Robots of 2016 at CIROS China

Space Center Houston, NineSigma Announce Launch of NASA Space Robotics Centennial Challenge

Scientists Use Drones to Support Exploration of Zinc Deposits in West Greenland

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