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Hospitals are using robotics to improve on human performance, but complications are on the rise.        

THE robot that resembled a mini-moon rover weaved its way up, down and around the platform, as Muhammad Zulkhairi Dzulhasnan proudly explained his team’s invention to Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

Factory Automation Systems of Atlanta, GA, has received Certified Robot Integrator designation from RIA. To become certified, integrators go through rigorous process which includes on-site audit, safety training, and hands-on testing of key personnel. Program enables integrators to benchmark their own processes against best industry practices to identify areas in which they can improve. This ...

The Naval Postgraduate School's annual robot showcase on Thursday was more "WALL-E" than "Terminator." Children controlled seafaring robots in a small pool and jumped over reconnaissance scout drones.

NEW YORK, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With more than 4,500 robotic prostate surgeries under his belt, David Samadi, MD may be the last person you'd expect to welcome an FDA investigation of robotic ...

The Robot Block Party at Stanford University celebrates all things robotics -- from startups pitching their businesses to home-brew builders looking to have some fun. Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge

Experts gathered this week at Stanford’s Law School to discuss the robot revolution.

Stanford's annual street festival of robots celebrates National Robotics Week.

A man and his robot love are seldom parted. (Credit: Russia Today/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) The good thing is that we're a dying species. This allows us to have a more rounded perspective on life, the world, and every little thing that's coming to replace us. We know that we are generally incapable of making the right decisions at the right time. So we invented humor to take ...

Customized sensors and actuators in COMAN's leg and arm joints give this robot moves like Michael Jackson. ->

In this photo from video provided by Intuitive, Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., maker of the da Vinci robotic system, doctors are seen using the device to perform a surgery.

CHICAGO (AP) — The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier.

Robot enthusiasts debate ways to protect self-driving cars and other autonomous machines from the looming existential threat of class action lawsuits.

The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier. ...

Robot enthusiasts debate ways to protect self-driving cars and other autonomous machines from the looming existential threat of class action lawsuits.

Robot enthusiasts debate ways to protect self-driving cars and other autonomous machines from the looming existential threat of class action lawsuits. Originally posted at News - Politics and Law

Stanford University event brings together robot enthusiasts who debate ways to protect self-driving cars and other autonomous machines from the looming existential threat of class action lawyers.

Stanford University event brings together robot enthusiasts who debate ways to protect self-driving cars and other autonomous machines from the looming existential threat of class action lawyers.

Stanford University event brings together robot enthusiasts who debate ways to protect self-driving cars and other autonomous machines from the looming existential threat of class action lawyers. Originally posted at News - Politics and Law

Stanford University event brings together robot enthusiasts who debate ways to protect self-driving cars and other autonomous machines from the looming existential threat of class action lawyers. [Read more]