Tag: robotics
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Small Business Robotics Research Grants Available
Five U.S. federal departments and agencies announced a joint solicitation for small business research on Robotics Technology Development and Deployment (RTD2). Under this program, small businesses can apply for research funding on a wide range of topics, including robot-assisted rehabilitation, robotics for drug discovery, and robots that can disarm explosive devices. The White House Office…
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Robotic Catheter to Treat Cardiac Condition in Development
Researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State) in Raleigh are developing a computerized catheter designed to make the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation faster, cheaper, and more effective. The device can also decrease a patient’s radiation exposure related to the treatment. Atrial fibrillation occurs when random electrical activity occurs in the upper chambers of…
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Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Robotic Ultrasound
InSightec Ltd., an Israeli developer of magnetic resonance-guided ultrasound technology, says that its ExAblate system has been used for the first time for the treatment of prostate cancer patients. Seven patients with localized low-risk prostate cancer were treated so far at the N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and at the…
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Battery Developer to Power NASA Lunar Robot
Boston-Power Inc., in Westborough, Massachusetts, a developer lithium-ion batteries, says its battery systems have been selected to be part of NASA’s Project M, a project to land a working humanoid robot on the moon in 1,000 days. The company’s batteries will be part of the pack providing power for the robot, known as Robonaut 2…
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Robots to Help Children With Autism
Interbots Inc., a spin-off company associated with the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has joined with the Autism Center of Pittsburgh to provide robot-based therapy for children with autism. The program will use a robot to test the ability of children with autism with limited or no verbal skills. Interbot’s Popchilla…
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External Combusion Engine Tests Burning Oil from BP Spill
Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. of Pompano Beach, Florida reports it has performed combustion acceptability tests of crude oil recovered from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with its heat-regenerative external combustion engine. The Cyclone engine burns its fuel in an external combustion chamber, with heat from this process used to turn water…
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Robotic Exoskeleton Provides Disabled More Precise Mobility
An Auckland, New Zealand company has built a pair of robotic legs strapped to and worn outside the body that helps disabled people stand, walk, climb steps and ramps, and move in any direction. The company, Rex Bionics, says the robotic exoskeleton has undergone seven years of development and testing, including regulatory approval in New…