Hanson robotics wants to make robots, but not “Lost in Space” [Robby] robots. Think more [Data] from Star Trek robots. They’ve announced [Grace], a lifelike robot made to take on nursing duties for ...

Japanese researchers have created a robot nurse that can lift elderly patients from wheelchairs and beds. Naturally, it looks like a giant teddy bear. Riba, short for Robot for Interactive Body ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas — As Texas grapples with a dire nursing shortage, some hospitals are augmenting their workforce with artificially intelligent robots. In the West Texas city of San Angelo (260 miles ...

Nurses spend countless hours supporting patients, but who supports the nurses with their tough workload. With our Robotic Nurse Assistant, nurses now have the opportunity to offload some of their work ...

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Japan has a rapidly aging population, along with the longest life expectancy in the world. These two factors combine to create one of the biggest problems the country's healthcare system faces. In the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Surgeons of the future might use a system that recognizes hand gestures as commands to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient ...