Balancing robot may care for elderly
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Ballbot, a narrow, 5-foot-tall robot, balances delicately on what looks like a bowling ball. Swaying slightly on a laboratory floor, the aluminum-framed droid seems ready to fall at any moment.
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With a special training  program, elderly people can learn better balance control, which  may lessen their risk of falling, according to a new report.
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com October 20, 2004, 12:46 PM PT. There were over 600,000 household service robots in use worldwide in 2003, and more than 4 million new units should join them over the next three
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Rights at work for those who care for relatives who are elderly or have disabilities, could be strengthened later.
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A new generation of robotic vacuums is ready to do battle with dirt, dust and dog hair with more cleaning power and cunning than their ancestors could muster.     Faced with the usual obstacles - furniture, stairs, low-hanging bed skirts and stray socks - they intelligently and acrobatically extricate themselves from most tight spots and largely avoid getting stuck or sucking in what they shouldn't...
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A surgical robot developed by UK scientists makes hip operations so simple even students get good results.
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Gyroscopically balanced scooters have given disabled people a new grasp on mobility.
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DEARBORN, Mich. - Doctors at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center can make the rounds without getting out of their chair or even leaving their house, thanks to a roaming robot called Rosie.
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Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?
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Seniors lose interest quickly in mechanical helpmates, though some gadgets are a hit.
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NEW YORK  - Older people who have long been physically active, and remain so, have better balance than less vigorous seniors, while those who pick up the exercise after retirement fare almost as well, French researchers report.
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A walking robot that adapts to different terrain is helping scientists understand how humans move and could one day lead to improved treatment for spinal cord and other injuries, German researchers said on Friday.
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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.
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EMMELOORD, Netherlands  - Motorists nostalgic for the time they could sit tight while attendants braved windswept garage forecourts to fill their tanks may yet see those heady days return -- compliments of a Dutch robot.
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The world&#39;s lightest flying micro-robot has been developed by Japan&#39;s Seiko Epson Corporation. The 12-gram robot resembles a small helicopter and is about 136 millimetres wide
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NEW YORK  - Many elderly people with  rheumatoid arthritis may go about their daily activities with  no more problem than others their age, a new study suggests.
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Telerobotic surgery performed in zero-gravity environment holds promise for  medicine in space and on the battlefield.