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BYU’s Origami-Inspired Technology Licensed to Robotic Surgery Expert, Intuitive Surgical

BYU mechanical engineering professors Larry Howell and Spencer Magleby have made a name for themselves by applying the principles of origami to engineering. Now they’re applying their origami skills to a new realm: the human body.

3 Mar 2016

Meta’s First Natural Machine Augmented Reality Product Now Available for Pre-Orders

Meta has begun taking pre-orders at www.metavision.com for Meta 2 Development Kit, the first augmented reality (AR) product that delivers a totally immersive experience unlike any other AR product to date. Meta 2 enables hand interaction with digital content, a breakthrough in the field of AR, so people can touch, grab, and move digital objects intuitively, just as they do in the real world.

3 Mar 2016

DJI Unveils First Consumer Quadcopter Camera, Phantom 4

DJI, the world's leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles, on Tuesday launched the Phantom 4, the first consumer quadcopter camera (or "drone") to use highly advanced computer vision and sensing technology to make professional aerial imaging easier for everyone.

2 Mar 2016

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Agribotix for Developing Superior Agricultural Drones

Based on its recent analysis of the precision agriculture (PA) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Agribotix LLC with the 2016 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership. Agribotix's Enduro™ and Hornet™ agricultural drones, along with its FarmLens™ data analytics platform, have emerged the ideal PA solution set. Using these innovations, farmers can increase crop yield and improve quality, and make farming more efficient and profitable.

2 Mar 2016

SYNNEX Canada Sponsors Greater Toronto Central Region FIRST Robotics Competition

As a part of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiative, SYNNEX Canada Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation, a leading Technology Solutions distributor, announces its continued investment in the development of the future IT workforce through its sponsorship of the Greater Toronto Central Region For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics competition on March 4-5 at Ryerson University as a part of its long-standing involvement with FIRST Canada.

2 Mar 2016

First-In-Human Use of Miniaturized Robotically Assisted Surgical Device for Colon Resection

Virtual Incision Corporation today announced the successful first-in-human use of its miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device (RASD) for colon resection, a procedure performed to treat patients with lower gastrointestinal diseases. These diseases include diverticulitis, colon polyps that are too large to be removed endoscopically, pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions of the colon, and inflammatory bowel disease.

2 Mar 2016

Neato's Botvac Connected Robot Vacuum Provides Users Control Right from Apple and Android Smartwatches

Enhancements to the app that starts, stops and monitors Neato’s Wi-Fi enabled Botvac™ Connected robot vacuum now give users control right from Apple and Android smartwatches. Available today, the automatic upgrade brings new functionality to Neato’s smartest and most powerful robot vacuum.

2 Mar 2016

Open-Source Software Turns Human's Motions into Instructions Robot Can Understand

Madeline Gannon (A 2016), a Ph.D. candidate in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Architecture, has put the power of interacting with robots into our hands — literally.

2 Mar 2016

Telemedicine-Based Management for Obstructive Sleep Apnea may be Comparable to In-Person Care

A new study suggests that telemedicine-based management for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is as effective and may be comparable to in-person care.

2 Mar 2016

Xenex’ Xenon Light Germ-Zapping Robots Decrease Infection Rates at Florida Hospital

Infection rates decreased significantly at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital after the hospital began using Xenex’s xenon light Germ-Zapping Robots™ for room disinfection, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC).

2 Mar 2016

New Centre to Help Robot-Subs Use Live Satellite Data to Inform Their Route

The NOC is to form part of the new Centres of Excellence in Satellite applications, which is expected to aid economic growth in the Solent region. As part of this new centre the NOC will develop the technologies to help robot-subs use live satellite data to inform their route through the ocean, not unlike drivers using live traffic updates.

1 Mar 2016

Women Undergoing Benign Hysterectomies by Robotic Assisted Surgeons Experience Fewer Complications

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. today announced the published results from a new study titled, “Multicenter analysis comparing robotic, open, laparoscopic and vaginal hysterectomies performed by high volume surgeons for benign indication.” When evaluating comparable surgeon experience, the study found that women undergoing benign hysterectomies by robotic-assisted surgeons using da Vinci® Surgical Systems had better outcomes and experienced fewer complications compared to conventional abdominal, vaginal and laparoscopic hysterectomies outcomes.

1 Mar 2016

Nightstar to Use Preceyes Robotic Device for Treatment of Retinal Diseases

Preceyes, a spin-off of TU/e, and Nightstar (UK) have entered into a collaboration for the development of a high-precision drug delivery technology in the eye. Nightstar will use the Preceyes robotic device to further refine the delivery of gene therapy to the subretinal space for a range of inherited retinal diseases. In the course of the collaboration, Nightstar will purchase the PRECEYES Surgical System for use in human gene therapy trials.

1 Mar 2016

Research Studies Human-Robot Trust in Emergency Situation

In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests. In a mock building fire, test subjects followed instructions from an “Emergency Guide Robot” even after the machine had proven itself unreliable – and after some participants were told that robot had broken down.

1 Mar 2016

Swarmbots to Stop Genetically Modified Organisms from Escaping into Surrounding Environment

Duke University researchers have engineered microbes that can’t run away from home; those that do will quickly die without protective proteins produced by their peers.

1 Mar 2016

Robotics News

BYU’s Origami-Inspired Technology Licensed to Robotic Surgery Expert, Intuitive Surgical

Meta’s First Natural Machine Augmented Reality Product Now Available for Pre-Orders

DJI Unveils First Consumer Quadcopter Camera, Phantom 4

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Agribotix for Developing Superior Agricultural Drones

SYNNEX Canada Sponsors Greater Toronto Central Region FIRST Robotics Competition

First-In-Human Use of Miniaturized Robotically Assisted Surgical Device for Colon Resection

Neato's Botvac Connected Robot Vacuum Provides Users Control Right from Apple and Android Smartwatches

Open-Source Software Turns Human's Motions into Instructions Robot Can Understand

Telemedicine-Based Management for Obstructive Sleep Apnea may be Comparable to In-Person Care

Xenex’ Xenon Light Germ-Zapping Robots Decrease Infection Rates at Florida Hospital

New Centre to Help Robot-Subs Use Live Satellite Data to Inform Their Route

Women Undergoing Benign Hysterectomies by Robotic Assisted Surgeons Experience Fewer Complications

Nightstar to Use Preceyes Robotic Device for Treatment of Retinal Diseases

Research Studies Human-Robot Trust in Emergency Situation

Swarmbots to Stop Genetically Modified Organisms from Escaping into Surrounding Environment

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