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Study Shows Feasibility of Performing Robotically Assisted PCI on Patients with Complex Coronary Lesions

A first-of-its kind study using robotic technology to remotely control coronary guidewires and stents reported on the feasibility of performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on patients with complex coronary lesions.

5 May 2016

Surgeons Show Supervised, Autonomous In Vivo Robotic Soft Tissue Surgery Feasible in Open Surgical Setting

Surgeons and scientists from Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System are the first to demonstrate that supervised, autonomous robotic soft tissue surgery on a live subject (in vivo) in an open surgical setting is feasible and outperforms standard clinical techniques in a dynamic clinical environment.

5 May 2016

Understanding of Bats' Flying Technique Could Lead to Future Development of Better Drones

Long-eared bats are assisted in flight by their ears and body, according to a study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The recent findings improve researchers' understanding of the bats' flying technique and could be significant for the future development of drones, among other things.

5 May 2016

Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aircraft Successfully Tested in Nevada

For the first time in aviation history, a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has successfully tested a cloud-seeding payload during an experimental flight in Nevada.

5 May 2016

QGC Deploys Insitu Pacific ScanEagle RPAS to Inspect Gas Wells, Pipelines and Processing Facilities

Insitu Pacific today announced that after 18 months of successful trials, natural gas company Queensland Gas Company (QGC), a Shell-owned business, is introducing the ScanEagle Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) to inspect gas wells, pipelines and processing facilities.

4 May 2016

AeroVironment Partners with SmartC2 to Support NASA’s Unmanned Traffic Management Research Platform

NASA, AeroVironment and SmartC2 Team for Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management Flight Demonstration

4 May 2016

Raytheon Increases Deliveries of Small UAS Platforms to Meet Growing Warfighter Demand

Responding to growing warfighter demand, Raytheon Company has increased deliveries of its small unmanned aircraft systems. The company has also formed a new UAS directorate within the Advanced Missile Systems product line in Tucson, Arizona, that combines expertise in small UAS airframe and integration, with mission payload, command and control, and technology from across the company.

4 May 2016

Iperia ProMRI HF-T Cardiac Resynchronization Defibrillator Gets FDA Approval

BIOTRONIK, a leader in cardio- and endovascular medical technology, today announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Iperia ProMRI HF-T, a cardiac resynchronization defibrillator that provides heart failure patients with access to diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

4 May 2016

Teledyne DALSA Introduces Eight New Genie Nano Machine Vision Cameras

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, today announced the addition of eight new models to its Genie Nano series of affordable, easy-to-use GigE Vision® cameras.

4 May 2016

Scientists Successfully Implant Prosthesis to Restore Central Vision in AMD Patients

Scientists have successfully implanted a prosthesis that restores some central vision in patients with only limited peripheral vision remaining to them – the first time artificial and natural vision has ever been integrated in humans.

4 May 2016

SFU Researchers Working with Para-Athlete Danny Letain to Design New Bionic Hand

A Canadian athlete’s dream to one day “move” his fingers again after losing an arm in a workplace accident is now within grasp, thanks to a robotic arm prosthesis being developed at Simon Fraser University.

4 May 2016

UTSA's Pranav Bhounsule Receives $160,000 Grant to Continue Research on Bipedal Robots

Pranav Bhounsule, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a $160,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his top-tier research on bipedal robots.

4 May 2016

Autonomous Machines Could Respond to Unfamiliar Objects Like Human Beings

Researchers from KU Leuven have analyzed how a self-driving car’s image-recognition technology reacts to a blurred shape appearing unexpectedly on the road. The team have pointed out that machines, just like human beings, are capable of learning to react to unfamiliar objects.

3 May 2016

Oshkosh Defense to Demonstrate TerraMax UGV Technology at AUVSI’S XPONENTIAL 2016

Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, will feature its TerraMax™ unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) technology equipped on a MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) during the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) conference, XPONENTIAL in New Orleans from May 2-5, 2016.

3 May 2016

UC San Diego Researchers Develop Robotic Claw Inspired by Sea Urchin's Mouth

The sea urchin’s intricate mouth and teeth are the model for a claw-like device developed by a team of engineers and marine biologists at the University of California, San Diego to sample sediments on other planets, such as Mars. The researchers detail their work in a recent issue of the Journal of Visualized Experiments.

3 May 2016

Robotics News

Study Shows Feasibility of Performing Robotically Assisted PCI on Patients with Complex Coronary Lesions

Surgeons Show Supervised, Autonomous In Vivo Robotic Soft Tissue Surgery Feasible in Open Surgical Setting

Understanding of Bats' Flying Technique Could Lead to Future Development of Better Drones

Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aircraft Successfully Tested in Nevada

QGC Deploys Insitu Pacific ScanEagle RPAS to Inspect Gas Wells, Pipelines and Processing Facilities

AeroVironment Partners with SmartC2 to Support NASA’s Unmanned Traffic Management Research Platform

Raytheon Increases Deliveries of Small UAS Platforms to Meet Growing Warfighter Demand

Iperia ProMRI HF-T Cardiac Resynchronization Defibrillator Gets FDA Approval

Teledyne DALSA Introduces Eight New Genie Nano Machine Vision Cameras

Scientists Successfully Implant Prosthesis to Restore Central Vision in AMD Patients

SFU Researchers Working with Para-Athlete Danny Letain to Design New Bionic Hand

UTSA's Pranav Bhounsule Receives $160,000 Grant to Continue Research on Bipedal Robots

Autonomous Machines Could Respond to Unfamiliar Objects Like Human Beings

Oshkosh Defense to Demonstrate TerraMax UGV Technology at AUVSI’S XPONENTIAL 2016

UC San Diego Researchers Develop Robotic Claw Inspired by Sea Urchin's Mouth

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