Market trends and business perspectives
Robotics is an emerging technological field that has seen significant advancements over a short period.
Fortune magazine mentions that the global robotics market is expected to cross $135 billion in 2019.
Robotics doesn’t only refer to the massive industrial beasts that dominate manufacturing and commercial production plants. [Read more…] about Robotics in Spinal Surgery
Ekso Bionics, Inc. is to establish a joint venture to develop and serve the exoskeleton market in China and other Asian markets and to create a global exoskeleton manufacturing centre.
It will partner with Zhejiang Youchuang Venture Capital Investment Co., Ltd (ZYVC) and Zhejiang Silicon Paradise Asset Management Group.
The joint venture will develop, sell and support exoskeleton products into China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, and will be capitalized at greater than $100 million over its term.
[Read more…] about Ekso Bionics in $100 million joint venture to develop the exoskeleton market in Asia
Scientists have developed sensor technology for a robotic prosthetic arm that detects signals from nerves in the spinal cord.
To control the prosthetic, the patient has to think like they are controlling a phantom arm and imagine some simple manoeuvres, such as pinching two fingers together.
The sensor technology interprets the electrical signals sent from spinal motor neurons and uses them as commands.
A motor neuron is a nerve cell that is located in the spinal cord. Its fibres, called axons, project outside the spinal cord to directly control muscles in the body. [Read more…] about Prosthetic arm technology that detects spinal nerve signals developed by scientists
