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Medical
The medical end market refers to the application of engineering to medicine and biology in order to improve healthcare treatment such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Includes, but is not limited to, prostheses, robotics, implants, devices, and genetic engineering. A major part of this category is research and development.
A Tiny Biological Robot Built From Human Cells
Researchers from Tufts University and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute created tiny biological robots called…
AI Could Solve the Oxygen-on-Mars Problem Within Six Weeks
According to a new study published in Nature Synthesis, a robot chemist powered by AI could solve the challenge of…
Experimenting with Mind-Expanding Technology
This sounds like something out of the 60s. Could sensing ambient magnetic fields change how we see the world? How…
3D Printed Robot Hand Amazingly ‘Human-Like’
Scientists developed a robotic hand made from soft materials with an advantage over conventional metal robots.…
Better Than Bluetooth?
University of Sussex researchers innovated an energy-efficient alternative to transmit data that could replace…
Robot Assesses Post-Stroke Mobility
Most of us know family members or friends who have had a stroke. More than 15 million people globally experience…
Jumping Robots Go Where No Robot Has Gone Before
Engineers from the University of Illinois just released the first known study documenting the long-jumping motion…
Wireless, Handheld Device Detects Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s…
International researchers have developed a handheld, non-invasive device that detects Alzheimer's and Parkinson's…
Robot Confuses Worker for a Box—Crushes Him to Death
An employee of a robot installation company was crushed to death in South Korea when an industrial robot mistook…
Breakthrough ‘Robot Skin’ Responds to Tactile Stimuli
UBC and Honda researchers developed a smart, stretchable highly sensitive soft sensor
skin with potential robotics…