It's never a good thing, when a bacterial biofilm forms on the surface of a medical implant. There could soon be a new way of ...

Saint Agnes Hospital has added the da Vinci 5 robotic surgical system to its resources, allowing surgeons to perform ...

Explore the innovative 3D-printed robot that walks and climbs without electronics, thanks to pneumatic pressure and advanced ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have created a Brain-Computer Interface—a device that connects the brain to a computer—allowing a paralyzed man to move a robotic arm just ...

The phrase "robotic exosuit" likely calls to mind something metallic, rigid, and hinged—Iron Man's suit or the dozens of ...

It was the most accurate robotic arm of its time. 1981 also saw the introduction of pneumatic robotic arms — ones that use compressed air instead of electricity or hydraulic fluid. In 1985 ...

Surgeons use a special machine with robotic arms and surgical instruments to perform complex procedures more precisely. One popular system is the da Vinci Surgical System, which gives doctors a 3D ...

flat rectangular robots wait to be handed packages by robotic arms. The robots then scuttle away to hurl the parcels down chutes, for human workers to load into delivery trucks. “Each one is ...

Researchers from Saarland University in Germany have developed a new robotic gripping system that slashes energy consumption by 90%. Utilizing shape memory alloys (SMAs), the new robot is highly ...

Researchers in San Francisco developed a robot arm that receives signals from the brain to a computer, allowing a man who could not speak or move to interact with objects. The device, known as a ...

Man in a wheelchair. Credit: flickr / Bob Klannukarn CC BY-SA 2.0 Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have helped a paralyzed man control a robotic arm using only his thoughts. A ...