Category: Robotics
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Stroke Recovery: Testing Smart Glove On Hand Mobility
Image: UBC electrical and computer engineering professor Dr. Peyman Servati demonstrating the smart glove. Credit: Lou Bosshart/UBC Media Relations A group of stroke survivors In British Columbia, Canada, will be testing a new groundbreaking smart glove technology, that is described in a paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence, which was designed to aid their recovery…
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4 Ways Advancements in Technology Are Improving Eye Health
Vision impairment and disability can be debilitating in a person’s daily life. From slight discomfort and inconvenience to chronic and severe pain, eye problems should be addressed as early as possible to prevent them from worsening. The CDC’s fast facts on common eye disorders point to approximately 12 million US adults having vision impairment, including…
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Cancer Survivor Receives Bionic Arm
Image/Credit: Hero Arm by Open Bionics Christa Seubert from Wu00fcrzburg, Germany was recently fitted with a bionic arm after losing her arm below the elbow to cancer just under a year ago, making the 84-year-old grandmother the oldest person in the world to be fitted with a bionic arm.
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Robotic Prosthetic Ankles Improve ‘Natural’ Movement, Stability
Image caption: Demonstration of the robotic prosthetic ankle. Electromyographic sensors (on calf at left) capture electrical activity generated by muscles when they are flexed. This signal tells the prosthesis which artificial muscle to flex and how much to flex. For individuals with amputation, these sensors are placed in the prosthetic socket. The graph (right) shows…
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Surgical and engineering innovations enable unprecedented control over every finger of a bionic hand
Image Caption:u00a0Patient wearing a prosthetic arm directly attached to the skeleton and neuromuscular system, which after surgical reconstruction of his residual limb, allows him to control individual fingers of a bionic hand.u00a0Credit: Chalmers University of Technology/Anna-Lena Lundqvist. For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand…
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Amputees feel warmth in their missing hand
Image Caption:u00a0The MiniTouch device allows amputees to feel hot and cold in their phantom hand, as viewed by a thermal camera. Image Credit: EPFL/Alain Herzog An unexpected discovery about temperature feedback has led to new bionic technology that allows amputees to sense the temperature of objects – both hot and cold — directly in the…
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Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing
Image Caption: The action of the soft, robotic models can be controlled to mimic the patientu2019s blood-pumping ability. Image Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT No two hearts beat alike. The size and shape of the heart can vary from one person to the next. These differences can be particularly pronounced for people living with heart disease,…
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Robotic Exoskeleton Helps People Walk
Research Matters HIghlights: Researchers created a robotic leg exoskeleton that provides personalized walking assistance under real-world conditions. Robotic exoskeletons could assist people with mobility impairments or with physically demanding jobs.
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Shapeshifting microrobots can brush and floss teeth
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers from the School of Dental Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science show that a hands-free system could effectively automate the treatment and removal of tooth-decay-causing bacteria and dental plaque.
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Electronic skin: Physicist develops multisensory hybrid material
Image: Smart skin is a wafer-thin material that reacts simultaneously to force, moisture and temperature with extremely high spatial resolution and emits corresponding electronic signals. Credit: u00a9 Lunghammer – TU Graz The “smart skin” developed by Anna Maria Coclite is very similar to human skin. It senses pressure, humidity, and temperature simultaneously and produces electronic…