Disinfection robot lends hospitals a big hand
Researchers have developed a smart functional robot that realized simultaneous disinfection of both air and object surface.
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Smart system helps robots navigate emergency rooms
Scientists have developed a more accurate navigation system that allows robots to better negotiate busy clinical environments in general and emergency departments more specifically.
A GPS-like system for flexible medical robots
Roboticists at the University of California San Diego have developed an affordable, easy to use system to track the location of flexible surgical robots inside the human body.
Bionic prosthesis improves amputees’ health
Thanks to bionic prosthesis that features sensors that connect to residual nerves in the thigh, two volunteers are the first above-knee amputees in the world to feel their prosthetic foot and knee in real time.
Robot navigates ultrasound pill through colon
Engineers have shown it is technically possible to guide a tiny robotic capsule inside the colon to take micro-ultrasound images.
Alzheimer’s: Robot helps with early screening
Researchers of the Michigan Technological University investigate how robotic technology can assist doctors in earlier diagnosis of the neurodegenerative disease.
"Smart" prosthetic ankle can adapt to rough terrain
Prosthetics for arms and legs have evolved from the rudimentary wooden appendages of just a few decades ago.
Tiny bubbles help create soft robotics
Researchers use bubble casting to create soft robotics capable of grabbing and lifting a ball when inflated with air.
ReSkin helps to discover a sense of touch
Carnegie Mellon University and Meta AI (formerly Facebook AI) want to increase the sense of touch in robotics, wearables, smart clothing and AI.
Electronic skin – the next generation of wearables
Electronic skins will play a significant role in monitoring, personalized medicine, prosthetics, and robotics.
High-tech clothing supports breathing
“Robotic” textiles could help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes.
An affordable self-navigating smart cane
The cane incorporaties sensing and way-finding approaches from robotics and self-driving vehicles.
E-mental health: A solution for a rising challenge
E-mental health services could provide a response to these challenges and offer effective ways for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and aftercare.
Exoskeleton research demonstrates importance of training
The benefits people could reap from exoskeletons rely heavily on having time to train with the device.
How robots can tell how clean is ‘clean’
A sensor for autonomous cleaning robots can quantify the cleanliness of a given area.
Do Alexa and Siri make kids bossier?
Researchers studied whether hanging out with conversational agents, such as Alexa or Siri, could affect the way children communicate with their fellow humans.
‘Smart’ shirt keeps tabs on the heart
A flexible carbon nanotube fibers can be incorporated into clothing to function as wearable health monitors.
Minecraft advances artificial intelligence
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University plan to test next-generation artificial intelligence skills withinthe video game Minecraft.
A chain mail fabric stiffens on demand
Scientists have developed a 3D printed type of ‘chain mail’ fabric that is flexible like cloth but can stiffen on demand.
Smart elastomers make robots more touchy-feely
A new generation of robotic tools are beginning to be realized thanks to a combination of strong 'muscles' and sensitive 'nerves' created from smart polymeric materials.
When the robot smiles back
Researchers use AI to teach robots to make appropriate reactive human facial expressions, an ability that could build trust between humans and their robotic co-workers and care-givers.
Brain-computer interface turns mental handwriting into text
Scientists have used an implanted sensor to record the brain signals associated with handwriting, and used those signals to create text on a computer in real time.
Smart foam for smart robots
New creation could give machines human-like sense of touch to better judge human intentions and respond to changes in the environment
A new framework for machine speech translation
Researchers propose a deep learning-based model for mimicking and continuously modifying speaker voice identity during speech translation.
Smart textiles measure your movements
Researchers have developed clothing that uses special fibers to sense a person's movement via touch.
Engineers build smart robotic exoskeletons
Researchers are developing exoskeletons and prosthetic legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using AI technology.
Adaptive microelectronics reshape independently
Nanoscientists have developed adaptive microelectronics that can move independently according to sensor data and align themselves specifically for activities - possible applications in biomedicine and bioneural interfacing.
A future vision of trauma care
In 2032, a man lies critically injured on a remote road following a car accident. His life is in the balance, but data visualization, remote robotics, biofabrication and virtual care will combine to give him the best possible chance of survival.
Sensor for robots mimicks skin characteristics
Researchers have developed a new soft tactile sensor with skin-comparable characteristics.
Robotics: Soft pumps power artificial muscles
Robotic clothing that could help people to move more easily is a step closer to reality thanks to the development of a lightweight power system for soft robotics.
Artificial skin brings robots closer to 'touching' human lives
Researchers have constructed a 3D vision-guided artificial skin that enables tactile sensing with high performance, opening doors to innumerable applications in medicine.
A 3D printed, sweating robot muscle
Researchers used 3D printing to create a soft robot muscle that can regulate its temperature through sweating.
Breakthrough optical sensor mimics human eye
Researchers are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye’s ability to perceive changes in its visual field.
3D printed smart gel changes shape
Engineers have created a 3D printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light and becomes an "artificial muscle".
Robot dances highlight new kind of order in active matter
Scientists have proposed a new principle by which active matter systems can spontaneously order, without need for higher level instructions or even programmed interaction among the agents.
Ultra-thin sensitive strain sensors
Researchers have developed a new range of nanomaterial strain sensors that are 10 times more sensitive when measuring minute movements, compared to existing technology.
Computer simulation will accelerate development of 'smart robots'
Experts working at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and physics-based simulation share how computer simulation could accelerate the development of "smart robots" which "might interact with humans"
7 mobile disinfection robots for medical environments
The following seven robotic systems are either currently being deployed or developed for the fight against the coronavirus.
Tackling ethics concerns regarding use of carebots
An analysis highlights the realistic pros and cons of apps and other technologies that use AI to benefit older adults, including those facing dementia and cognitive decline.
Sensor for smart textiles survives hammers
An ultra-sensitive, resilient strain sensor that can be embedded in textiles and soft robotic systems survived being tested by a washing machine and a car.
E-skin: recyclable alternative to wearables?
A wearable electronic device that’s 'really wearable” - a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board - can heal itself, much like real skin.
A flexible and highly reliable sensor
A novel e-skin, called TRACE, performs five times better than conventional soft materials. It is suitable for measuring blood flow for pulse diagnosis and helping robots to 'feel' the texture of surfaces.
A portable arm rehabilitation robot
A new portable arm rehabilitation robot will help patients to carry out robot-aided therapy at home, allowing them to perform intensive exercises without visiting hospitals or clinics.
Brain-computer allows paralysed patients to text
Two ALS patients, implanted with a brain-computer interface via the jugular vein and without the need for open brain surgery, successfully controlled their personal computer through direct thought.
E-skin: Engineers imitate hands to make better sensors
Researchers have developed “electronic skin” sensors capable of mimicking the dynamic process of human motion.
Surgery robots set to learn how to better assist
The objective of the AIMRobot project is to pave the way for the next generation of robotic surgery systems capable of autonomy.
Rubbery semiconductor for medical robotic hands
Researchers have designed and produced a smart electronic skin and a medical robotic hand capable of assessing vital diagnostic data.
Smart surgery - from technical fascination to clinical reality
Artificial intelligence is developing at an enormous speed and intelligent instruments will profoundly change surgery and medical interventions.
Positive results for exosuit in stroke rehabilitation
Researchers have published the results of a trial of the ReWalk ReStore soft robotic exosuit for gait training in individuals undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation.
Electronic skin reacts to pain like human skin
Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts.
Laser jolts microscopic robots into motion
Researchers have created the first microscopic robots that incorporate semiconductor components, allowing them to be controlled with standard electronic signals.
Catching Z’s, capturing data: DIY wearable
Researchers are creating a wearable electronics device that can read brain waves while allowing the wearer to easily drift off into the various stages of sleep.
AI system for recognition of hand gestures
Scientists have developed an AI system that recognises hand gestures by combining skin-like electronics with computer vision.
Robotics for everyone or only for the average person?
Exoskeletons are one technology with great potential - but is often developed for average people. So what about people who are small and thin, or tall and overweight?
Self-healing material for soft machines
Scientists have developed a soft synthetic material that can heal itself within a second after damage.
Humanoid hands create safer human-robotics interactions
Engineers have designed and developed a novel humanoid hand that may be able to help.
A robotic skin with a sense of touch
Scientists have developed a sensory integrated artificial brain system that mimics biological neural networks, which can run on a power-efficient neuromorphic processor.
Robotic textiles could enable new mechanotherapy
A new smart fabric that can be inflated and deflated by temperature-dependent liquid-vapor phase changes could enable a range of medical therapeutics.
Artificial skin makes robots sweat and heals wound
Researchers have developed a smart surface that can actively and repeatedly release and reabsorb substances by environmental stimuli.
Smart textile fibers measure wearer’s health
Researchers have developed electronic fibers that, when embedded in textiles, can collect a wealth of information about our bodies by measuring subtle and complex fabrics deformations.
9 disinfection robots fighting the coronavirus
Surfaces contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 pose a grave threat to the safety of staff and patients. To minimize the risks for their staff, hospitals are utilizing disinfection robots to sanitize surfaces.
The concept of creating a 'brain-on-a-chip'
Scientists have proposed the concept of a memristive neurohybrid chip to be used in compact biosensors and neuroprostheses.
Magnetic nanopropellers deliver genetic material to cells
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed powerful nanopropellers that can be steered into the interior of cells to deliver gene therapy.
Smart insoles unlock the secrets of your sole
Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have developed an AI-powered, smart insole that instantly turns any shoe into a portable gait-analysis laboratory.
Single-port robotic surgical tech has taken next step
Engineers aim to offer minimally invasive surgery through a single incision, rather than several incisions.
Skin-like sensors bring a human touch to wearable tech
Researchers have developed a super-stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin.
Wearable brain-machine interface could control a wheelchair
Combining new wearable electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly interact with a computer.
An exoskeleton allows a tetraplegic patient to move
A 4-limb robotic system controlled by brain signals helped a tetraplegic man to move his arms and walk using a ceiling-mounted harness for balance.
Robotic hand merges amputee and robotic Control
Scientists have successfully tested neuroprosthetic technology that combines robotic control with users’ voluntary control, opening avenues in the new interdisciplinary field of shared control for neuroprosthetic technologies.
Middle-ear infection: ultrasound sensor aids diagnosis
A new type of ultrasound transducer should soon be delivering a fast and reliable diagnosis of infection of the middle ear.
A breakthrough for soft robots to advance artificial muscles
Scientists have developed a tiny pump that could play a big role in the development of autonomous soft robots, lightweight exoskeletons and smart clothing.
Smart bandage speeds up healing
The active adhesive dressings speed up wound healing based on heat-responsive hydrogels that are mechanically active and antimicrobial.
‘Uncanny Valley’: Brain network evaluates robot likeability
Scientists have identified mechanisms in the human brain that could help explain the the unsettling feeling we get from robots and virtual agents that are too human-like.
A mind-controlled robotic arm without brain implants
Researchers show that by using a noninvasive brain-computer interface they could control a robotic arm that’s tracking a cursor on a computer screen.
Open-source bionic leg: platform aims to advance prosthetics
The Open-Source Bionic Leg will enable investigators to efficiently solve challenges associated with controlling bionic legs across a range of activities in the lab and out in the community.
Sensor-packed glove learns signatures of the human grasp
Wearing a sensor-packed glove while handling a variety of objects, researchers have compiled a massive dataset that enables an AI system to recognize objects through touch alone.
Smart speakers harnessed for hospital medical treatments
Smart speakers that are customarily used in your living room can be programmed to act as an aid to physicians in hospital operating rooms.
The robots that dementia caregivers want
A team of scientists spent six months co-designing robots with informal caregivers for people with dementia, such as family members.
A smart orthosis for a stronger back
Researchers developed ErgoJack to relieve back strain and encourage workers to execute strenuous movements in a more ergonomic way
Alexa is used for smart hospital room pilot
Cedars-Sinai is allowing patients to use an Alexa-powered platform known as Aiva to interact hands-free with nurses and control their entertainment.
Smart microrobots swim through vessels
Scientists have developed tiny elastic robots that can change shape depending on their surroundings. They stand to revolutionize targeted drug delivery.
Scientists tests elder care robot
A robot created by Washington State University scientists could help elderly people with dementia and other limitations live independently in their own homes.
“Taiwan excellence” at MEDICA 2018
At MEDICA 2018, various taiwanese companies showcased a whole range of innovative medical technology such as virtual 3D anatomical models to robotic rehabilitation helpers and smart nappies.
From TechGiants to HealthTechGiants?
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all building technologies that have the potential to transform the delivery of care. Here are some examples of BigTech's road into healthcare.
‘Smart’ robotic system could offer home-based rehabilitation
An engineer is leading a team of researchers, health care providers and industry to fast-track the commercialization of a groundbreaking robotic rehabilitation system.
Staying sharp with memory-jogging robot
Memory-jogging robot to keep people sharp in ‘smart’ retirement homes has been used in a trial to combat cognitive decline in later age.
Drone delivers vital medical supplies
A flying smartbox from AT&T and Softbox shows how Internet of Things can help safely deliver vital temperature-sensitive medicines in crises.
A flexible endoscopic surgical robot reaches new areas
K-FLEX, a flexible endoscopic surgical robot developed opens a new chapter for precise and minimally invasive robot-assisted surgery.
Multifunctional ‘smart bandage’ monitors physical signals
Multifunctional ‘smart bandage’ wirelessly monitors a variety of physical signals, from respiration, to body motion, to temperature, to eye movement, to heart and brain activity.
“E-skin” could equip prosthetics with feeling
Researchers have created a smart skin that will give robots ultra-sensitive skin with more tactile feeling than humans.
Ultrathin electronic tattoos may lead to next-gen wearables
Engineers have created robust, highly flеxible, tattoo-like circuits for the usе in wearаble cоmputing.