Robot to carry out heart surgery
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A robotic arm able to carry out an intricate life-saving heart operation is being pioneered by UK surgeons.
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A way to measure energy levels inside living heart cells could ultimately aid heart attack recovery.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of an artificial heart made by SynCardia Systems as a temporary device for people awaiting transplants.
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Surgical software will help the company expand.
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Legs or wheels? Entertaining or functional? The robot world has a lot of questions to resolve.
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The elderly are being eyed as a potential market for personal assistant robots that could help them live independently longer.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body.
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Using cameras in its eyes, the robot can determine if the driver is under stress or tired and suggest a rest.
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Robots will be truly useful when they get sensitive arms and hands, plus the programming to use them properly.
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A bionic hand, controlled by the patient's mind and muscles, goes on the market
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Several research teams are developing robots made of smart building blocks that can morph into different forms to perform a broad variety of tasks. The bots are to be used in space missions and in search-and-rescue efforts. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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Automaker Honda is showing off the latest implementation of its Asimo robot, which can run at speeds of 4 mph and may one day help care for the elderly and disabled.
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ConnectR communications robot lets you see who's talking and follow them around the room.
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Peter Houghton is grateful for his artificial heart. After all, it has saved his life.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body, thanks to new 3D imaging.
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NEW YORK  - Cardiac surgeons at the  University of Chicago have developed a technique for treating a  severe congenital heart malformation that is less invasive than  open heart surgery.
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GENEVA - The use of robotic domestic help will surge sevenfold by 2007, a new United Nations survey suggests. The UN&#39;s annual World Robotics Survey was issued by the Economic Commission for Europe and the International Federation of Robotics.