Bioliberty receives funding to develop robotic glove for stroke rehabilitation
Bioliberty has secured £435,000 of funding from Innovate UK to accelerate to market a soft robotic glove that helps rehabilitate stroke patients.
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Bioliberty secures funding for robotic glove technology
Bioliberty has secured funding to help complete development of the Lifeglov – a soft robotic glove used by stroke patients to help retore mobility.
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€2.7m IT study looks at three-legged dog
European scientists will spend four years examining how three-legged dogs move, in order to develop robots that can help animals and humans continue to function when they lose a limb.
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Norwegian nurses warm to robots
A Norwegian study has shown that staff in the nursing care sector would welcome sensor and robot technology in the homes of the elderly and in nursing homes.
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Vein crawling mini robot developed
The Israeli Institute of Technology has created a miniature crawling robot small enough to crawl through human veins.
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Malaga Uni develops surgical robot
Laparoscopic surgery has been performed for the first time using a robotic assistant at the Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, in Malaga, Spain. The robot, manufactured by Spanish firm Sener, is voice controlled and able to move an endoscope with the precision needed for minimally evasive procedures. The robot has been jointly developed with […]
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JAC to distribute robotic medicines cabinets
JAC Computer Services Ltd (JAC) has become the exclusive UK distributor of robotic medicines cabinets designed to improve medicines management. The UK specialist supplier of electronic pharmacy and medicines management systems will supply computerised medicines cabinets manufactured by MDG Medical. Under the agreement, JAC will offer a range of units including specialist cabinets for […]
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Satellite-linked robot does ultrasound at sea
French robotic specialist Robosoft has partnered with the European Mobile and Robotised Telechography (MARTE) project, to carry out the first robotic tele-ultrasound examination via satellite. The company used its remotely controlled Estele robot with a wireless handset and developed using a robuBox software development kit, to perform an ultrasound from different locations, observed by a […]
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Centre for robotic surgery opened in London
Robotic assistant in action. A centre for robotic surgery has been created at Imperial College London with the aid of the Helen Hamlyn Trust. The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery will champion the integration of robotics into medicine and patient care, with the aim of developing advanced robotic technologies. It will be based at Imperial College […]
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Robosoft showcase robot to help elderly
Robosoft’s Robuter prototype French robotic specialist Robosoft has demonstrated a prototype service robot which can help elderly and handicapped people stay at home. The robot, launched at Microsoft’s Innovation Day in Brussels at the end of 2007, is a home-centric robot, which combines the internet and robotics technology to provide daily-life services to people staying […]
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