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Researchers Demonstrate Mind-Controlled Artificial Arm Capable of Moving Fingers Individually

Believed to be a first, biomedical engineers and physicians at the John Hopkins Medicine have reported their successful effort to wiggle fingers separately and individually, using a mind-controlled artificial "arm."

16 Feb 2016

Raytheon, U.S. Navy Successfully Complete Operational Test of JSOW C-1 Gliding Weapon

Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy have conducted a successful operational test of the new Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 gliding, precision-guided weapon. Conducted in a challenging flight environment, the test further demonstrated the capabilities of JSOW C-1 against a broad set of land targets.

16 Feb 2016

Surgeons and Administrators to Attend Seminar on Robotic Surgery at UAB

Surgeons and administrators from hospitals in 26 states and several foreign countries will attend the 2016 Academic Session on robotic-assisted surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The session, to be held Feb. 19-20, is co-sponsored by Intuitive Surgical, developers of the da Vinci surgical system, the most common surgical robots in use in the United States.

16 Feb 2016

ISO Publishes New Guidelines to Support Safety Requirements for Industrial Robots

Today the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the long awaited ISO/TS 15066 as a supplementary document to support the ISO 10218 ‘Safety Requirements for Industrial Robots’ standard. ISO/TS 15066 is a comprehensive document to help integrators of robotic cells conduct risk assessments when installing collaborative robots.

16 Feb 2016

Latest Developments in Limb Prosthetics, Assistive Robotics, and Brain Computer Interfaces Revealed at AAAS 2016

Slicing bread, pouring a cup of coffee, and sitting down at the kitchen table are a part of everyday life for most people, but for people with physical impairments such as limb amputations or neurological lesions, these tasks can present an insurmountable challenge without support. Pooling their efforts, researchers from the engineering and medical sciences are on a quest for smarter, more precise assistive devices ultimately piloted by the patients' minds.

16 Feb 2016

DePaul University Archaeologist Demonstrates Utility of Drones for Site Documentation, Monitoring

“Drones are proving to be powerful new tools to archaeologists for documenting excavation, mapping landscapes and identifying buried features. They also can be applied to monitor site destruction and looting in the present,” said Morag M. Kersel, an assistant professor of anthropology at DePaul.

16 Feb 2016

New Paper Discusses Success of Tele-ICU Services in War-Affected Syria

Life-saving medical treatment can be readily deployed using modern cost-free social media applications in regions devastated by war, according to clinicians who launched the Syria Tele-ICU program in December 2012.

15 Feb 2016

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Help Scientists Conduct Low-Cost Ecohydrologic Investigations

Earth and environmental scientists have often had to rely on piloted aircraft and satellites to collect remote sensing data, platforms that have traditionally been controlled by large research organizations or regulatory agencies.

15 Feb 2016

Researchers Develop Planning Algorithm Capable of Generating Contingency Plans

Planning algorithms are widely used in logistics and control. They can help schedule flights and bus routes, guide autonomous robots, and determine control policies for the power grid, among other things.

15 Feb 2016

Quixote Technique Helps Robots Learn Ethical Behavior

The rapid pace of artificial intelligence (AI) has raised fears about whether robots could act unethically or soon choose to harm humans. Some are calling for bans on robotics research; others are calling for more research to understand how AI might be constrained.

15 Feb 2016

TIRS Completes First Robotic Surgery Using da Vinci Xi System and TruSystem 7000dV Table

On Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, surgeons at the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David's North Austin Medical Center successfully completed the first robotic surgery combining the da Vinci® Xi® Surgical System with Trumpf Medical's advanced operating table, the TruSystem® 7000dV.

15 Feb 2016

Gemalto’s Innovative IoT Solution for Real-Time Monitoring of Cellular QoS of Smart Objects

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces the launch of its LinqUs IoT Quality of Service (QoS) offer, a comprehensive solution that enables mobile operators to monitor the cellular QoS of smart objects in real time. This ensures the most reliable connectivity, which is essential for any successful Internet of Things and M2M application. LinqUs IoT Quality of Service provides instant network status and analysis, and immediately highlights any issue by ensuring a rich array of data is readily available and accessible.

12 Feb 2016

First Automated Human Movement Machine Learning Tool from FocusMotion for Developers

FocusMotion, a motion recognition algorithm company dedicated to improving health through tracking and translating human movement, today announced Creator, the first machine learning tool that allows developers to teach the FocusMotion algorithm new movements.

12 Feb 2016

West Point Robotics Workshop Helps CFES Scholars Learn STEM

"You will leave today saying, 'Wow,'" said West Point's Dr. Kendall Williams as he introduced the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) robotics workshop held at the College For Every Student (CFES) headquarters.

12 Feb 2016

ACNS Annual Meeting & Courses Features MEDTECH’s Rosa Brain Robotic Surgery System

MEDTECH, a company specialized in designing, developing and marketing innovative surgical assistance robots, announced that it will showcase its ROSA™ Brain robotic surgery system at the Annual Meeting & Courses of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), held in Orlando, FL (United States) from February 10 to 14, 2016.

12 Feb 2016

Robotics News

Researchers Demonstrate Mind-Controlled Artificial Arm Capable of Moving Fingers Individually

Raytheon, U.S. Navy Successfully Complete Operational Test of JSOW C-1 Gliding Weapon

Surgeons and Administrators to Attend Seminar on Robotic Surgery at UAB

ISO Publishes New Guidelines to Support Safety Requirements for Industrial Robots

Latest Developments in Limb Prosthetics, Assistive Robotics, and Brain Computer Interfaces Revealed at AAAS 2016

DePaul University Archaeologist Demonstrates Utility of Drones for Site Documentation, Monitoring

New Paper Discusses Success of Tele-ICU Services in War-Affected Syria

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Help Scientists Conduct Low-Cost Ecohydrologic Investigations

Researchers Develop Planning Algorithm Capable of Generating Contingency Plans

Quixote Technique Helps Robots Learn Ethical Behavior

TIRS Completes First Robotic Surgery Using da Vinci Xi System and TruSystem 7000dV Table

Gemalto’s Innovative IoT Solution for Real-Time Monitoring of Cellular QoS of Smart Objects

First Automated Human Movement Machine Learning Tool from FocusMotion for Developers

West Point Robotics Workshop Helps CFES Scholars Learn STEM

ACNS Annual Meeting & Courses Features MEDTECH’s Rosa Brain Robotic Surgery System

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