Tag: hospitals
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Opinion: Predictions about the surgical robots market
By Anthony Fernando, CEO and president of Asensus Surgical Surgery has evolved from open surgery to robotic surgery. Surgical robots can perform complex procedures with geometrical precision, even in anatomical areas that are difficult to reach by human surgeons. This is resulting in increased demand and adoption of minimally invasive surgeries and is one of…
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Ekso Bionics provides exoskeletons to hospitals in Florida
Ekso Bionics, a developer of exoskeleton technology for medical and industrial use, has expanded partnership with Kindred Healthcare, bringing EksoNR, the most clinically used robotic exoskeleton, to four of Kindred’s Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals in the US. The multi-unit order follows a successful pilot program of the EksoNR last year. EksoNR has become a standard…
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PAL Robotics completes testing of robots with Accerion positioning sensors in hospitals to fight Covid-19
With the unpredictable health crisis of Covid-19 continuing to place high demands on hospitals, PAL Robotics says it has successfully completed testing of its delivery robots in Barcelona hospitals this summer. (See video below.) The TIAGo Delivery and TIAGo Conveyor robots were deployed in Hospital Municipal of Badalona and Hospital Clínic Barcelona following a winning…
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PAL Robotics delivery robots for hospitals now integrate Accerion positioning sensors
PAL Robotics is using delivery robots that are now integrate Accerion positioning sensors. The TIAGo Delivery Robot will part of the fight against coronavirus in hospitals and is scheduled to start operating in hospitals next month. With the unpredictable health crisis of Covid-19 continuing to place high demands on hospitals, PAL Robotics is building a…
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Blue Ocean Robotics and its disinfecting robots recognised by Robotics Business Review Top 50
Blue Ocean Robotics and its ultra-violet disinfecting robots have been recognised as Top 50 Most Influential Robotics Company by Robotics Business Review. The company says it is experiencing “continued global growth” as disinfecting robots are used as effective weapons against coronavirus and hospital acquired infections. Christiano Huscher, chief surgeon at Gruppo Poloclinico Abano, which operates…
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Enquiries for Savioke’s delivery robot double amid pandemic
The number of enquiries for Savioke’s delivery robot (see video below) has doubled amid the global coronavirus pandemic, according to an executive at the startup company. Governments in virtually every country in the world have ordered lockdowns of citizens, or “shelter-in-place” orders, as they are referred to in the US. The orders have led to…
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Nuro puts its delivery robot into action against coronavirus
Nuro, a California-based startup building small, wheeled autonomous delivery robots, is using its technology in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak in the US. (See video below.) America now has the highest death toll in the world from Covid-19 and authorities have set up many temporarily hospitals and treatment centres across the country. One of…
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Fast Company includes UBTech Robotics on list of ‘most innovative companies worldwide’
UBTech Robotics, an artificial intelligence and robotics company specializing in the services and education sectors, has been selected by Fast Company into its latest list of most innovative companies worldwide. The Shenzhen-based company has been included in the robotics category for advancing the art of humanoid service for various business environments. The enterprise-grade, cloud-connected Cruzr…
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China buys Danish robots to fight coronavirus
As a new and powerful weapon against the spread of the coronavirus, Chinese hospitals are now deploying Danish disinfection robots from UVD Robots. Self-driving Danish disinfection robots are now shipping to a number of hospitals in China to help fight the coronavirus, also called COVID-19. This happened after Sunay Healthcare Supply today signed an agreement…
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ABB demonstrates new mobile robot for laboratory work
ABB today opened its first global healthcare research hub on the Texas Medical Center campus, in Houston, Texas – showcasing a number of concept technologies, including a mobile YuMi robot, which will be designed to assist medical and laboratory staff with laboratory and logistics tasks in hospitals. (See video below.) The dual-arm mobile YuMi will…