My Parents’ Dementia Felt Like the End of Joy. Then Came the Robots
Forget the crappy caregiver bots and puppy-eyed seals. When my parents got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, ..
Forget the crappy caregiver bots and puppy-eyed seals. When my parents got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, ..
Don't worry, your next surgeon will definitely be a human. But just as medical students are training to use a scalpel, they're also training to use robots ..
Robots, computers, and algorithms are hunting for potential new therapies in ways humans can’t—by processing huge volumes of data and building previously ..
Actuators inspired by cucumber plants could make robots move more naturally in response to their environments, or be used for devices in inhospitable places. ..
Two doctors, separated by thousands of miles, carried out a lifesaving operation using a robot. It’s the start of a major change in how surgery is performed. ..
Biologists are working to quickly grow hardier specimens that can be propagated and transplanted by robotic arms. ..
The student winners of a NASA competition designed a serpentine bot that could sidewind across lunar regolith or roll down hills. ..
Sure, my telepresence robot had some issues—but for students like me who can’t make it to campus because of disability or illness, these tools open ..
Physicists have solved a key problem of robotic locomotion by revising the usual rules of interaction between simple component parts. ..
The jacket can raise and lower its own hood—without chips or batteries—and might one day help disabled wearers move. ..