News tagged with robotic device

Surfboard-sized drones crossing pacific to monitor sea surface

Hundreds of miles off the California coast, four drones about the size of surfboards and are tossing across the Pacific toward Hawaii, controlled by pilots on shore.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Robotic therapy may provide lasting gains for immobilized stroke survivors

Severely impaired stroke survivors could walk better when a robotic assist system was added to conventional rehabilitation, according to a study in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers seek ways to beef up military armor

It was a simple act, really, one that Ledjan Qato performed dozens of times in the corner of a spacious engineering lab at Villanova University.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Controlling robotic arms is child's play

Move your arm and the robot imitates your movement. This type of intuitive handling is now possible thanks to a new input device that will simplify the control of industrial robots in the future. But that ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'RiceWrist' robot helps spinal-cord injury victim (w/ video)

Randy Childers' path to a laboratory at Rice University began on a motocross track in West Beaumont, Texas. The professional rider was injured in an accident while leading the last race of the day at Cowboy ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robots massage, clean, and amuse at CES

The world's first massage robot was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to soothe those sore from dashing about the gargantuan gadget extravaganza.

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Medical robotics to improve heart surgery

In a truly interdisciplinary effort, a team of biomedical scientists and engineers from the University of Houston (UH) and physicians from The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI) are collaborating ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Robot arm improves performance of brain-controlled device

The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new study from ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tiny micro air vehicles may someday explore and detect environmental hazards

Dr. Robert Wood of Harvard University is leading the way in what could become the next phase of high-performance micro air vehicles for the Air Force.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Engineer to create 3D puzzle to mend broken bones

(PhysOrg.com) -- An engineer at the University of the West of England is working with an orthopaedic surgeon from the Bristol Royal Infirmary and a specialized software company to enhance the management of ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum Tunnelling Composite Materials to Aid Next Generation Tactile Robotic Skin Development

Peratech Limited has been commissioned by the MIT Media Lab to develop a new type of electronic 'skin' that enables robotic devices to detect not only that they have been touched but also where and how hard ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Robot lends hand in cardiac bypass surgery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two cardiothoracic surgeons at UC Davis Medical Center have performed the first robotic-assisted, multi-arterial, cardiac bypass procedure in California. The surgery, which took place in late January, is ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues

A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Robotic Devices Providing Home-Care Rehabilitation (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers, at Northeastern University, have developed several portable robotic devices to aid in the rehabilitation process of stroke victims. These devices are small enough for ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog

Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systems

Learning to talk also changes the way speech sounds are heard, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated resear ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0