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A Review of Magnetically Actuated Milli/Micro-Scale Robots Locomotion and Features.

Critical reviews in biomedical engineering Jan 1, 2019
In the past decades, wireless milli and micro devices have been incorporated into medical procedures as a way to reduce invasiveness. However, the commercially available methods still consist of passive locomotion devices, which is a limiting factor ...
Robotics Equipment Design Microtechnology Magnetics Biomedical Engineering Models, Biological Motion
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Can AI Truly Transform Health Care?: A Recent IEEE Pulse on Stage Forum Offers Some Perspective.

IEEE pulse Jan 1, 2018
As scholars have predicted and researchers have now shown, we are entering an age of global artificial intelligence (AI) convergence. Health care is just one area in which AI is gaining a foothold, as evidenced by two parallel conferences held in Mar...
Artificial Intelligence Delivery of Health Care Humans Biomedical Engineering
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The Many Textures of Robotics: Flexible Materials That Conform to and Interact with the Human Body May Mean Better Outcomes for Patients.

IEEE pulse Jan 1, 2018
Innovative researchers are employing flexible, rather than rigid materials in combination with new design approaches as part of the emerging field of biomedical soft robotics. The idea is to generate tools that conform to and interact with the human ...
Biomedical Engineering Textiles Equipment Design Heart-Assist Devices Wearable Electronic Devices Needles Robotics Exoskeleton Device Humans
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Inner Workings: Medical microrobots have potential in surgery, therapy, imaging, and diagnostics.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Nov 21, 2017
Locomotion Trypanosoma brucei brucei Robotic Surgical Procedures Nanotechnology Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Research Robotics Equipment Design
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Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications.

Lab on a chip May 16, 2017
Untethered micron-scale mobile robots can navigate and non-invasively perform specific tasks inside unprecedented and hard-to-reach inner human body sites and inside enclosed organ-on-a-chip microfluidic devices with live cells. They are aimed to ope...
Biomedical Engineering Biomimetic Materials Lab-On-A-Chip Devices Equipment Design Nanotechnology Humans Robotics
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Pleasant to the Touch: By Emulating Nature, Scientists Hope to Find Innovative New Uses for Soft Robotics in Health-Care Technology.

IEEE pulse Jan 1, 2016
Open your Internet browser and search for videos showing the most advanced humanoid robots. Look at how they move and walk. Observe their motion and their interaction with the environment (the ground, users, target objects). Now, search for a video o...
Robotics Biomedical Engineering Prostheses and Implants Biomedical Technology Humans Self-Help Devices
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The U.K. Pushes the Boundaries of Bionics: Researchers and Engineers Are Making Great Strides Toward Advanced Prosthetics' Ultimate Goal-Mimicking the Functionality of a Real Limb.

IEEE pulse Jan 1, 2016
Using state-of-the-art technology, athletes at the Paralympic Games achieve great feats of physical prowess, but for most people using assistive and rehabilitative technologies (ART), even simple tasks can present huge challenges. Many do not make fu...
Robotics Hand Artificial Limbs United Kingdom Humans Biomedical Engineering
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New Prostheses and Orthoses Step Up their Game: Motorized Knees, Robotic Hands, and Exosuits Mark Advances in Rehabilitation Technology.

IEEE pulse Jan 1, 2016
Forty years ago, Les Baugh lost both of his arms in an electrical accident. With bilateral shoulder-level amputations, his options for prosthetic arms were limited. That changed two years ago, when Baugh underwent a surgical procedure at Johns Hopkin...
Artificial Limbs Biomedical Engineering Robotics Rehabilitation Humans Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Design and development of a bio-inspired, under-actuated soft gripper.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference Aug 1, 2015
The development of robotic devices able to perform manipulation tasks mimicking the human hand has been assessed on large scale. This work stands in the challenging scenario where soft materials are combined with bio-inspired design in order to devel...
Robotics Models, Biological Humans Hand Strength Biomedical Engineering
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Artificial nociception and motor responses to pain, for humans and robots.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference Jan 1, 2015
This concept paper describes nociception and the role of pain in humans. Understanding the mechanisms of pain can give insight into the implementation of artificial pain for robots. Identification of noxious contacts could help robots to elicit react...
Pain Biomedical Engineering Models, Neurological Nociception Humans Robotics Touch Computer Simulation
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