Robotic gait training for kids with CP—it's cool but does it work?
Maggie Slessor's friends think she's a robot.
Robotics
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Two seal pups dive back into the sea after California rescue
Two 6-month-old elephant seal pups have been released back into the Pacific Ocean after being treated at a rehabilitation center near Los Angeles.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2016
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Without excavation, entrepreneurs solve leakage in city pipelines
Tubepol is a company founded in 2012 by two graduates of the National University of Mexico (UNAM). Engineers Adrian Cordero Ibarra and Jorge Pérez Gavilán Paz created a comprehensive technology to renew piping without the ...
Engineering
Aug 19, 2015
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Inside a former Ford plant, a robot takes step into the future
More than 80 years ago, Model As rolled out of the gleaming new Ford assembly plant at the edge of the San Francisco Bay. Today the brick "daylight factory" with tall ceilings and an open floor plan is where state-of-the-art ...
Robotics
Jul 16, 2015
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Developing a robotic therapist for children
In collaboration with other national institutions, researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are designing a new therapeutic tool for motor rehabilitation for children. In this project, an interactive social ...
Robotics
Apr 20, 2015
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New 'electronic skin' for prosthetics, robotics detects pressure from different directions
Touch can be a subtle sense, but it communicates quickly whether something in our hands is slipping, for example, so we can tighten our grip. For the first time, scientists report the development of a stretchable "electronic ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 10, 2014
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Novel robotic walker helps patients regain natural gait
Survivors of stroke or other neurological conditions such as spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries and Parkinson's disease often struggle with mobility. To regain their motor functions, these patients are required ...
Engineering
Nov 21, 2014
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Most Iowa bald eagles are not exposed to high levels of lead, according to new research
A first-of-its-kind study of Iowa bald eagles found that only a small fraction of the birds appear to suffer from high levels of lead exposure, according to Iowa State University researchers.
Ecology
Aug 11, 2014
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Your next Angry Birds opponent could be a robot
With the help of a smart tablet and Angry Birds, children can now do something typically reserved for engineers and computer scientists: program a robot to learn new skills. The Georgia Institute of Technology project is ...
Robotics
Jul 10, 2014
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Artificial anchor secures seagrass rehabilitation efforts
Murdoch University marine scientists report a successful method for re-establishing the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica at Shoalwater Bay, off Rockingham.
Ecology
Jan 3, 2014
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