AI & Robotics

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 2 reports

Medical robot lets doctors beam in to check on patients

On any given day inside Mercy San Juan Medical Center's neuro-intensive care unit, a 5-foot-6-inch-tall robot with a computer screen can be seen roaming the halls.The robot, named RP-VITA (Remote Presence Virtual Independent Telemedicine Assistant), is ... [Published PhysOrg.com - 21 mins ago]

Entities: Patient, Rob Waters, Robotics

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 reports

Intuitive Surgical Inc

Intuitive wins first da Vinci trial; stock jumps

Intuitive Surgical won its first of 26 lawsuits over the da Vinci robotic surgery device.--Courtesy of Intuitive SurgicalIntuitive Surgical ($ISRG) has prevailed in the first of at least 26 lawsuits over its da Vinci robotic surgery system, as a Washington ... [Published FiercePharma - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Surgeon, Intuitive Surgical Inc, Robotics

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Xbox 360

Talahi school gears up interest in STEM

Jacob Smith watched as the robot turned the Rubiks Cube over and over jumbling the squares before him until two minutes later the colors aligned.Mom, did you see that? he asked. This robot is so cool.Students crowded around the Lego robots taking turns ... [Published St. Cloud Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Jacob Smith, Robotics, Xbox 360

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Saddleback Memorial Surgeon First on the West Coast to Perform Single-Site Robotic Hysterectomy

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.Marc WinterWith robotic surgery, patients typically have less bleeding and less pain, fast recovery and a shorter hospital stay than with conventional laparoscopic surgeries and operations involving larger incisions."With the addition ... [Published Bio-Medicine - May 23 2013]

Entities: hysterectomy, Surgeon, Robotics, laparoscope

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Military ground robot market to achieve significant growth

The has been forecast to reach a value of approximately $12 billion by 2019, increasing from a current day valuation of $4.5 billion at the start of 2013.Military robots are autonomous robots or remote-controlled devices designed for military applications. ... [Published MyNewsDesk - May 23 2013]

Entities: Robotics, Military/Armed Forces, UGV Unmanned Ground Vehicle

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

United Nations

UN investigator seeks world moratorium on 'killer robots'...

UN investigator seeks world moratorium on 'killer robots'... (Second column, 8th story, link ) ... [Published Drudge Report Feed - May 23 2013]

Entities: Robotics, United Nations

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

Valve's Tom Forsyth and robotics scientist Steve LaValle join Oculus team

Playing an actual game with Oculus Rift: hands-on with Valve...engadget.com: (2 Months ago)Valve's free-to-play first-person shooter, Team Fortress 2, is getting Oculus Rift support with its VR Mode update in the coming weeks. Think of it as a large beta ... [Published Taaza.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Tom Forsyth, Robotics, First-Person Shooter

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

IMRIS Inc gets US Patent allowance for robotic SYMBIS Surgical System, with claims on haptics, MR compatibility and image-guidance

Image guided therapy company IMRIS Inc (NASDAQ:IMRS) (TSX:IM) said on Wednesday that it has received a US patent allowance defining the foundational technologies of its minimally invasive and MRI-compatible microsurgical robot system, the SYMBIS Surgical ... [Published Individual.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: IMRIS Inc, Haptics, Robotics, Patent

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 11 reports

Grishin Robotics Invests $500,000 in Swivl

Dmitry Grishin, CEO of Internet holding Mail.ru Group and founder of Grishin Robotics, has invested $500,000 in Swivl, a company that produces robotic video devices.Swivl said in a statement on its website that Grishin's $500,000 investment would be used ... [Published Moscow Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Robotics, Dmitry Grishin, Mail.ru Group Ltd, Logitech International SA, Autodesk Inc

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Dealers confident of increase in workshop trade

Franchised workshops across the UK have shown an overwhelming confidence that their business will expand over the next two years.According to new data from Castrol Professional , 70% of franchised workshops, compared to 60% in 2011, are more optimistic ... [Published Dealer Update - May 23 2013]

Entities: Jo Clayton, Castrol, Turnover, United Kingdom

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 4 reports

How robots can do more in data centers and lower the costs of operating the cloud

Machines are giving us better and better suggestions for things to read , restaurants to eat at and people to date . Behind the curtains, some of the ways these services are being delivered are also being automated.An article out Wednesday from Data Center ... [Published GigaOM - May 22 2013]

Entities: Robotics, GigaOM Network, Automation, Andrew Feldman, Pat Gelsinger

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 4 reports

Scientists Build a Robot Cheetah

UTCThis robot can sprint 13.6 miles per hour, making it the second-fastest robot on land. (Here's the fastest one, which can run 18 miles an hour.)While the scientist dubbed it "cheetah robot," it's a bit slower than the real thing. Cheetahs can reach ... [Published Mashable - May 22 2013]

Entities: Cheetah, Robotics

Quotes

"What they (nurses) describe often doesn't match what we see," Shatzel said. "Making the right decision at the right time will save the patient and drive down health care costs."

Medical robot lets doctors beam in to check on patients [Published PhysOrg.com - 21 mins ago]

"Very weird, he was out there...alone, nobody was looking after him! Just zipped off down the path after we filmed this."

Video: Mystery robot spotted in London's Regents Park and Westfield shopping centre [Published TNT Magazine - 22 mins ago]

You know, every time I see CGI footage of robots like this, I can't help but think something along the lines of, "holy moley that robot is going to be utterly impossible for a very, very long time." Sigh

Video Friday: AR Drone Stunt, Real Transformer, and Futurama Justice [Published IEEE Spectrum - 2 hours ago]

"I talked to my group and they'd like to join some type of program that is a little less expensive and start getting involved in competitions" she said

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