Robotics News
Third generation of UV-C disinfection robot available from UVD Robots
The novel coronavirus crisis has led to a sharp increase in interest in disinfection and cleaning robots, with new models being announced weekly. However, only a few organizations can claim to have been working on such robots before the pandemic and have clinically...
How to develop software for safety in medical robotics
Safety is paramount in robotics, from cobots to surgical systems. Source: MedAcuity Software The use of robotics in medicine continues to grow. Whether it’s a collaborative robot working alongside humans in manufacturing or a surgical robot in the operating room, a...
Service robot sales up 32% worldwide, led by surgical, logistics systems, reports IFR
Source: IFR World Robotics 2020 Robots have been a mainstay in factories for decades, but their use has been expanding everywhere else, from warehouses and hospitals to retail. That trend continued last year, and the novel coronavirus pandemic has accelerated service...
Diet and Weight Loss: Using Social Robots to Support Human Health and Well-being
Monash University's Dr. Nicole Robinson explains how social robots can play a role in diet and weight reduction without the need for human intervention. The post Diet and Weight Loss: Using Social Robots to Support Human Health and Well-being appeared first on...
EVO from Ekso Bionics applies customer lessons to upper-body exoskeleton
Source: Ekso Bionics Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. today announced EVO, an upper-body exoskeleton designed to assist human workers with repetitive tasks. The Richmond, Calif.-based company said the wearable robot builds on its EksoVest technology. The post EVO from Ekso...
Productive Robotics OB7-Stretch cobot offers longer reach, lighter payload
Calif.-based Productive Robotics added a fourth model to its OB7 lineup of collaborative robot arms. The new OB7-Stretch is similar to the company’s standard OB7 cobot, but it has a longer reach of 1250 millimeters and a slightly lower payload of 4kg. The post...
UTM patents advance PrecisionHawk push for air traffic control for drones, manned aircraft
Source: PrecisionHawk One of the barriers to beyond visual line-of-sight drone operations has been the need for safety measures. PrecisionHawk Inc. last week announced that it has received two patents for unmanned aircraft traffic management, or UTM, technologies. The...
Boston Dynamics expanding Spot’s duties on construction sites
Boston Dynamics and Trimble are expanding the capabilities of Spot within the construction industry. | Credit: Trimble The construction industry has been an area of early commercial success for Boston Dynamics‘ Spot quadruped. And today [Oct. 20. 2020] during its...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MIT use Spot robot to measure patient vitals without contact
Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital hope to reduce the risk to healthcare workers by using robots such as Spot to remotely measure patients’ vital signs. Source: Image courtesy of the researchers, MIT News During the current coronavirus pandemic, one...
Nimbus robot uses Microburst spray to kill coronavirus, other hospital room pathogens
Earnest Cunningham and Nimbus. Source: Nevoa As businesses, hospitals, schools, and other public venues look to reopen in the wake of the novel coronavirus, many are turning to disinfection robots. Several such robots use ultraviolet light, but Nevoa Life Sciences...
Hearing in addition to sight could improve robotic perception, find CMU researchers
Researchers built a dataset by recording video and audio of 60 common objects as they rolled around a tray. The team captured these interactions using Tilt-Bot — a tray attached to a Sawyer robot arm. Source: CMU Although humans rely on multiple senses to comprehend...
Wheelchair mounted robot arm to use Intel neuromorphic technology to assist patients
A member of the ALYN Hospital team demonstrates the use of a robotic arm designed to assist patients with spinal injuries in performing daily tasks from a wheelchair. Source: ALYN Hospital One of the most promising uses for robotics and artificial intelligence is in...