CardioArm, a snakelike surgical robot developed at Carnegie Mellon University will allow surgeons to perform critical cardiac procedures through one tiny incision.
“The curved robot has a series of joints that automatically adjust to follow the course plotted by the robot’s head. This provides greater precision than a flexible endoscope can offer. “It’s certainly easier to [...]

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The New York Times wrote about Surgical Robots in an article published yesterday. The article briefly explains the different available robotic systems and the companies designing and inventing them.
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The Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog wrote about Intuitive Surgical’s daVinci Surgial Robot and its compliance to Isaac Asimov’s  Three Rules of Robotocs.
Seeing as we are the front line when it comes to medical equipment repair, it got me wondering…

How many of you out there work on the daVinci Robot?
As Surgical Robots get more [...]

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FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, N.C. has five new equipment locator’s. The hospital employees four Tug Robots and one Homer Robot made by Aethon, Inc.
The robots which move on wheels navigate the corridors by dead reckoning and lasers, relaying on blueprints in their memory. The robots equipment with wireless technology are able to call [...]

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