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New technology paves way for robotic, 1-incision colon surgery
The surgeon sits at a computer console that looks a little like Pixar’s WALL-E. After placing his thumbs and index fingers in grips, he makes small motions to cut or cauterize or stitch, while watching the console’s screen providing a magnified, three-dimensional view of the surgery site. He pushes pedals with his feet, like an …
Two Valley Health Hospitals Add Robotic Technology for Knee Replacement
Technology Offers Warren and Winchester Patients Personalized Precision Orthopedic Care Valley Health orthopedic surgery teams at Warren Memorial Hospital (WMH) and Winchester Medical Center (WMC) have brought on two new surgical robots to help patients seeking relief from arthritic knee pain and immobility through total knee replacement. Teams led by fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons Mesfin Shibeshi, …
Russian Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk To Set Up 37-Foot-Long Robotic Arm
By NASA April 18, 2022 Spacewalkers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev configure new robotic arm components on the Nauka multiupurpose laboratory module. Credit: NASA Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos concluded their spacewalk at 5:37 p.m. EDT today after 6 hours and 37 minutes. Russian spacewalk 52 began at 11:01 a.m. …
AI, robotic exercise technology awaits at Newtown fitness center
CEO for a day: A dream come true for boy fighting Neuroblastoma 4-year-old Nicholas Esposito took on the role of CEO of EDA Contractors for a day thanks to Make-A-Wish. For two years, he’s battled neuroblastoma. Marion Callahan, Bucks County Courier Times If you step into Newtown’s newest fitness center, you may not see what you’d …
Sentara RMH announces new robotic surgical technology
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) — Sentara RMH Medical Center has announced the addition of robotic surgical technology — called the DaVinci Surgical System — to its surgical offerings. The DaVinci Surgical System can be used by surgeons to help reduce a patient’s recovery time, create smaller incisions, minimize scarring and reduce blood loss with fewer transfusions. …
Robotic Technology and AI Revitalize the Hotel Experience
This article is written by David Millili, CEO of Angie Hospitality. The future is here. While robots and artificial intelligence were “cool concepts” for the future, COVID-19 flipped the industry upside down and has forced a new conversation about hotel staff and guest safety. The hotel experience with personalized, human connection will never become obsolete, …
Cooroy hospital robotic rehab program uses virtual-reality technology to help stroke patients
A small hospital in the Sunshine Coast hinterland is leading a new era in rehabilitation in south-west Queensland by using a suite of gaming and virtual-reality machines to treat patients. Key points: Eden Private Hospital uses four high-tech robotic machines to treat patients with neurological conditions Dr Phoebe Slape says the technology gives patients a …
Utah farm using robotic vertical farming to feed their animals for less
MOSIDA — A Utah tech company, Grōv Technologies, is working with a local farm, Bateman and Mosida Farms, to produce food for their cows more efficiently. It’s being done in towers that handle the whole growing process from start to finish. The farm produces milk and meat from their cows but raising them takes a …
Maxar taps MDA for robotic satellite servicing technologies
This article was updated Nov. 17 at midnight Eastern time with comments from MDA CEO Mike Greenley. SAN FRANCISCO – MDA signed multiple contracts with its former owner Maxar Technologies to provide hardware and software for the Space Infrastructure Dexterous Robot (SPIDER), a technology demonstration planned for NASA’s On‑orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) …
ECM and Cone Drive Integrate PCB Stator Technology Into Their Robotic Joint Actuator Applications
OVERVIEWECM and CONE DRIVE (a Division of TIMKEN) recently partnered to integrate ECM’s printed circuit board (PCB) stator technology with CONE DRIVE’s harmonic drive technology, Harmonic Solutions, to create remarkably small, powerful, integrated actuator packages for robotic applications. CONE DRIVE is a large, multinational, high-tech precision gearing company whose products are widely used in industrial …