News tagged with robotic surgery

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Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery

Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations.

Electronics / Robotics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New 'frozen smoke' may improve robotic surgery, energy storage

A spongy substance that could be mistaken for packing material has the nanotechnology world buzzing.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New methods keep bugs out of software for self-driving cars

Driver assistance technologies, such as adaptive cruise control and automatic braking, promise to someday ease traffic on crowded routes and prevent accidents. Proving that these automated systems will work as intended is ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Redefining Geometric Skeletons

(PhysOrg.com) -- Geometric skeletons are fundamental concepts in many areas of science and engineering.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Robotic surgery: How safe is it?

When Mea Figueroa of St. Cloud was told that a robot would be performing a delicate operation to remove uterine fibroids that were causing her pain and abnormal bleeding, she hesitated slightly.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

If only a robot could be more like a cockroach

Studies have indicated that insects rely on their brains to respond to what they feel and see. But for the first time, researchers have shown a direct link between neurons at the center of an insect brain ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop method for verifying safety of computer-controlled devices

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed a new method for systematically identifying bugs in aircraft collision avoidance systems, high-speed train controls and other complex, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 1

'Revolution is at hand' for breakthroughs in medicine

Someday soon, thanks to advances in medicine, a surgeon will operate on a patient who is not in the same room, but thousands of miles away.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Surgery on beating heart thanks to robotic helping hand

If you've been waiting for the day to arrive when computers actually start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. A French team has developed a computerized 3D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A high-tech handrest

University of Utah engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Introducing RoSS, a 'flight simulator' for robotic surgery

A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has produced one of the world's first simulators ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robot lends hand in cardiac bypass surgery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two cardiothoracic surgeons at UC Davis Medical Center have performed the first robotic-assisted, multi-arterial, cardiac bypass procedure in California. The surgery, which took place in late January, is ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Robotic prostate surgery may mean big trade-off

(AP) -- A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robotic-assisted vasectomy reversal offers greater chance of fatherhood

In 1989 a 29-year-old Michael Schrader had it all: steady job, a wife, and two wonderful children—daughter Courtney and son Cameron. He couldn't envision wanting more—that is, more children. Taking steps to keep his nuclear ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robot's gentle touch aids delicate cancer surgery

New, delicate surgery techniques to hunt for tumours could benefit from a lighter touch - but from a robot, rather than from a human hand. Canadian researchers have created a touchy-feely robot that detects tougher tumour ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0