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Healthcare Robotics

How cobots are automating rapid COVID-19 tests

February 11, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

The system contains a 7-axis cobot arm, robotic liquid handlers for collection tube plating, PCR testing prep, a RT-qPCR analyzer, a hazardous waste bin, and control software.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: ARM Institute, COVID-19, Productive Robotics

Ontario hospital deploys floor cleaning robot to aid COVID-19 disinfection

December 31, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Avidbots Neo

Neo will clean the floors of the hospital, allowing staff to focus on high-touch items such as doorknobs, buttons, and other areas that require human dexterity to clean.

Filed Under: AMRs, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: Avidbots

Robots clean up at Canadian hospitals

December 17, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Faced with an over-burdened workforce and strict quality standards, one of Canada’s largest hospital networks automated one of its most time-consuming tasks.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: 4D Technologies, omron

Surgical robotics innovations the focus of RoboBusiness Direct sessions

December 14, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Surgical robotics innovations the focus of RoboBusiness Direct sessions

Surgical robotics is a growing application for automation, but developers, integrators, and end users should understand how the technology is developing, the role of motors, and what procedures are applicable. Learn more in this week’s RoboBusiness Direct sessions.

Filed Under: Healthcare Robotics, Motion Control, News, Surgical Systems Tagged With: maxon, maxon motor, Medi-Vantage, RoboBusiness Direct

Learn how to deploy ROS-based automation, make UV disinfection safe in RoboBusiness Direct sessions

November 25, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Learn how to deploy ROS-based automation, make UV disinfection safe in RoboBusiness Direct

On Dec. 3, learn from a Robot Operating System expert at the Southwest Research Institute how do develop safe advanced automation. In addition, a DreamVu robotics expert will discuss how omnidirectional 3D vision can help disinfection robots.

Filed Under: Cameras / Imaging / Vision, Design & Development, Healthcare Robotics, ROS / Open Source Solutions Tagged With: DreamVu, RoboBusiness Direct, ROS, Southwest Research Institute

Surgical robotics startups need a strategy for success, says RoboBusiness Direct speaker

October 16, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Surgical robotics startups need a strategy for success, says RoboBusiness Direct speaker

In his RoboBusiness Direct session, Dwight Meglan, who has worked at multiple surgical robotics startups, will examine critical factors for commercial success.

Filed Under: Healthcare Robotics, News, Startups Tagged With: HeartLander Surgical, RoboBusiness Direct

ARM Institute wins funding to develop cobots for COVID-19 testing

July 7, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ARM will receive more than $600,000 to automate part of the COVID-19 testing process, which is limited by the number of technicians in the U.S.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: ARM Institute

Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum 2020 announces call for speakers

March 24, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

The Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum seeks speakers for its second conference, which will be in Boston in September.

Filed Under: Design & Development, Healthcare Robotics, Laboratory / Cleanroom, News, Press Release, Rehabilitation, Surgical Systems Tagged With: Healthcare, HEalthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

Where to spot mobile robots in 2020

January 14, 2020 By Kayla Matthews Leave a Comment

Where to spot mobile robots in 2020

Use cases for mobile robots will likely continue to expand in 2020, both within and across industries. Here are some examples of where to look for new applications, writes columnist Kayla Matthews.

Filed Under: AMRs, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: Amazon, Ubtech

Mobile YuMi cobot to automate hospital tasks

October 10, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

YuMi

ABB opened its first global healthcare research hub on the Texas Medical Center (TMC) campus, in Houston, Texas. ABB showcased a number of concept technologies, including a mobile YuMi robot that assists with laboratory and logistics tasks in hospitals. The dual-arm, mobile YuMi will be able to sense and navigate its way around its human […]

Filed Under: AMRs, Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, Laboratory / Cleanroom, News Tagged With: ABB, YuMi

CARLO surgical platform includes KUKA LBR Med for precision, responsiveness

September 23, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Advanced Osteotomy Tools needed a cobot that was easy to use and sensitive to surgeon direction for its CARLO laser bone surgery system. It found one in the LBR Med from KUKA.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, News, Surgical Systems Tagged With: Advanced Osteotomy Tools, KUKA

Registration opens for Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

September 20, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Registration open for Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

WTWH Media, which produces Cobot Trends, has announced that registration for the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum is now open. The event will be in Silicon Valley on Dec. 9-10, 2019.

Filed Under: Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: HEalthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

Motion control experts to discuss advances at Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

August 30, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Robots for assistive, therapeutic, medical, and surgical use have strict motion control requirements. A panel at the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum will discuss what designers and users need to know.

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Healthcare Robotics, Motion Control, News Tagged With: HEalthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

MIT robot automates production of small molecules

August 9, 2019 By Becky Ham | MIT Media Lab Leave a Comment

Guided by artificial intelligence and powered by a robotic platform, a system developed by MIT researchers moves a step closer to automating the production of small molecules that could be used in medicine, solar energy, and polymer chemistry. The system, described in the August 8 issue of Science, could free up bench chemists from a […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, Laboratory / Cleanroom, News, Research

Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum Call for Speakers Ends Aug. 7

August 5, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

The Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, which is produced by WTWH Media and The Robot Report, is looking for speakers to share their expertise on the design, development, and manufacture of commercial healthcare robotics systems.

Filed Under: Healthcare Robotics, News

ABB cobots to be used in non-surgical healthcare systems

July 10, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ABB announced today that it will introduce collaborative robots to medical laboratories as it opens a new healthcare hub at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) innovation campus in Houston, Texas. The facility will be ABB’s first dedicated healthcare research center when it opens in October 2019. ABB’s research team will work on the TMC campus with […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: ABB

WTWH Media Announces Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

June 18, 2019 By Dan Kara Leave a Comment

Inaugural conference and expo addressing healthcare robotics engineering challenges co-locates with DeviceTalks, a leading technical and business development event for the medical device sector. Business-to-Business publisher WTWH Media has announced the launch of the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, an international conference and expo focused on easing, speeding and improving the design, development and manufacture of […]

Filed Under: Design & Development, Healthcare Robotics, Laboratory / Cleanroom, Prosthetics, Rehabilitation, Surgical Systems, Uncategorized Tagged With: Assistive Technologies, engineering, Healthcare Robotics, HEalthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, Hospital Automation, Laboratory Automation, Lifestyle Enhancement, Orthotics, prosthetic limbs, prosthetics, Rehabilitation, Surgical

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