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University Hospital Tübingen has successfully completed gynecological operations using the Distalmotion Dexter on-demand robotic surgery system.
This marks the Swiss robot’s first clinical use in Germany.
Professor Dr Diethelm Wallwiener, Prof Dr Sara Brucker, Prof Dr Bernhard Krämer and their teams used the Dexter robot in several surgical procedures. [Read more…] about University Hospital Tübingen carries out first Dexter robotic surgeries in Germany
Medical Microinstruments, a robotics company specialising in microsurgery, says its Symani Surgical System was successfully used at Careggi University Hospital Florence by Professor Marco Innocenti, MD, and his team in a complex, post-traumatic limb reconstruction that saved a patient’s arm from amputation.
The case is the first enrolled patient in MMI’s post-market study.
Prof Innocenti, the head of reconstructive surgery and microsurgery at Careggi University Hospital, performed the procedure which involved a young adult who suffered a motorcycle accident. [Read more…] about Medical Microinstruments’ Symani surgical system saves patient’s arm from amputation
automatica, one of the world’s biggest industrial automation trade shows, has launched a new platform for artificial intelligence and robotics.
Called “munich_i”, the newly created platform will celebrate its premiere at automatica sprint from June 22 to 24, 2021.
In addition to the high-tech summit, munich_i also features the digital AI.Society exhibition as well as the Robothon developer competition and the robot driver’s license. All elements are presented in a digital format. [Read more…] about automatica launches new platform for AI and robotics
Panasonic has launched an initiative to promote robot development via open co-creation. The “Robotics Hub” is the central axis of Panasonic’s quest to integrate robots into society in the near future.
Nine years ago, in 2010, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), one of the largest public research and development management organisations in Japan, released some very curious data.
In their future market projections of domestic robot turnout, they forecast a sharp expansion of robots in the services field by 2035. By “services field,” it is meant medical care, logistics, nursing and welfare, cleaning, security and so forth.
[Read more…] about Panasonic launches initiative to encourage ‘social integration of robots’
A pilot project on truck platooning has been successfully completed by DB Schenker, MAN Truck & Bus and Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
‘Platooning’ is when two or more trucks drive in a tight convoy on a motorway, benefiting from reduced air drag. All vehicles driving in the platoon are electronically linked to each other
Operating electronically linked trucks on German motorways is safe, technically reliable and easily applicable in the routine of a logistics company.
[Read more…] about Tests reveal potential of truck ‘platooning’ in Germany
One of the UK’s leading experts in the field of autonomous cars says his enthusiasm for the technology was seen as premature and misguided by some people.
In an exclusive interview with Robotics and Automation News, Professor Nick Reed, academy director at Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), says he has long believed automation was the way to go.
“Technology moves on at a rapid pace and there were certainly some commentators in the early days who felt that my enthusiasm for vehicle automation as an important topic of research was perhaps a little premature, or even misguided,” says Prof Reed. [Read more…] about Autonomous car expert says his enthusiasm for the technology was seen as ‘misguided’
