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Robots may someday operate without doctors

U.S. engineers say the world is moving closer to the day when robots will perform surgery with minimal or no guidance from a doctor.

Robots may someday operate without doctors

Durham, N.C. -- U.S. engineers say the world is moving closer to the day when robots will perform surgery with minimal or no guidance from a doctor.

Robots May Someday Operate Without Doctors

U.S. engineers say the world is moving closer to the day when robots will perform surgery with minimal or no guidance from a doctor.

FAST Announces Premier Series of FASTforward Global Search Summits

OSLO, Norway, and NEEDHAM, Mass., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Expanding on the themes explored during the hugely successful FASTforward 08, the industry's largest business and technology conference dedicated to search-driven innovation, this series of global search summits will attract industry experts from around the globe. FASTforward Summits will also feature business tracks that spotlight how search-driven innovation is fueling The User Revolution -- a critical shift that is placing users in all markets increasingly at the center of the information universe. WHEN: Milan - April 23 New York - May 19 Amsterdam - May 29 Stockholm - May 13 Boston - May 21 Munich - June 3 Helsinki - May 14 Sydney - May 21 Redwood City - June 4 Copenhagen - May 15 Zurich - May 28 Warsaw - June 17 London - May 19 WHO: Feature presentations from and panel

'Robots may soon feel and touch like humans'

As Robots become more powerful and pervasive, humans have a lot of questions to grapple with. Will human rights be extended to them? Could robots one day take over the human race? Will robots be the soldiers of the future? When will robots be able to do all the housework? Professor Noel Sharkey, a leading robotics and artificial intelligence expert from the University of Sheffield, UK, answers some of those questions as ET’s catches up .

Armed Robots Not Actually Gone From Iraq

NightFalcon90909 writes "You may have heard that armed robots were yanked from Iraq after a gun started to swivel without it being told to do so. 'A recent news report that armed robots had been pulled out of Iraq is mistaken, according to the company that makes the robot [Foster-Miller] and the Army program manager. 'The whole thing is an urban legend,' says Foster Miller spokesperson Cynthia Black, of the reports about SWORDS moving its gun without a command.'"

SPARK programs robots with insect perception

May 12, 2008 We talked recently about the importance of complementing robotic perception with some basic cognitive tools, in order to produce robots that can interact with their environment in a more natural fashion. The EU-funded SPARK project has developed a perceptual control architecture that allows robots to adapt to cluttered and changing environments, and learn from experience – an ability that may eventually suit it to disaster or war zones. The design is based on the neural processes of insects, and allows robots to form a unique, abstract representation of the environment, and modulate their behavior accordingly.

Firefighting beetle robots may help humans fight forest fires

Hamburg, Germany - Compact robots that scuttle across the landscape like enormous armour-plated beetles may one day help humans fight deadly forest fires in remote areas, according to a team of German scientists. Looking for all the world like old-fashioned Volkswagen beetle cars - except with multiple legs where the wheels ought to be - a brigade of these robots could carry water or foam extinguishing agents to the most dangerous firefighting locations, places where humans would face certain peril.

PDA warns to stop medical services in major hospitals

PESHAWAR (PPI): Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) on Thursday warned to suspend emergency and OPD services in major hospitals of the city incase the government failed to accept their demands within a week. “ The service structure is not suitable for the doctors’ community, four-tier formula, is not based on justice with the deserving doctors therefore ‘ Time Scale’ formula should be adopted for the service structure, residential hostels and flats inside the hospitals should be constructed to solve accommodation problem of the working doctors, they must be given house rent besides issuing them loans,� said Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) president Abdul Qader while addressing a news conference at Peshawar Press Club. Flanked by other representatives of the doctors’ Association, the PDA president said that government mus

Prepping robots to perform surgery

Robots are a fast-growing, diversifying $1 billion segment of the medical device industry. For example, many urologists performing prostate surgery view the movements of a robot as the best way to spare nerves crucial to bladder control and sexual potency. A robot's ability to deftly handle small tools also may lead to a less invasive procedure and faster recovery for a patient. In addition, robots can protect surgeons from physical stress and exposure to X-rays that may force them into premature retirement.

EU project to bridge emotional gap between robots and humans

Researchers have created robots that are autonomous and capable of adapting to changes in their environment. But how strong a relationship do robots have with humans? An international group of scientists is determined to find out. Headed by Queen Mary, University of London, the scientists are seeking to enhance the relationship between robots and humans, as part of the new EU-funded project LIREC (Living with Robots and Interactive Companions), which will run for a period of four years.

Japan Shrinking Work Force Turns to Robots

Japan has an answer to its population problem. The country is getting so much smaller — and older — that millions of people may vanish from the work force. A Japanese think tank has proposed a solution: robots. The group says a variety of robots could do everything from diagnosing medical problems to vacuuming the floor. Robots could even monitor the health of the booming population of seniors, so that human nurses don't have to.

Firefighting beetle robots may help humans fight forest fires

Compact robots that scuttle across the landscape like enormous armour-plated beetles may one day help humans fight deadly forest fires in remote areas, according to a team of German scientists.

Firefighting beetle robots may help humans fight forest fires

Compact robots that scuttle across the landscape like enormous armour-plated beetles may one day help humans fight deadly forest fires in remote areas, according to a team of German scientists.

In pictures: inside Microsoft's robot factory

Robots as toys Tandy Trower, general manager of the Microsoft Robotics Group, talks about the recent advancement in robots, noting that Pleo, a robotic dinosaur toy, learns from its interactions and environment. May the force be with you What roboticist doesn't love R2-D2? Trower says robotics is evolving to the point that a machine will engage with you and someday serve you, leaving today's toys far behind. Understanding the fundamentals Trower shows off the iRobot Create, which is designed to help people understand the fundamentals of robots and how to write software to control them. He said the industry needs a standardised software platform, and that's what Microsoft is working on. A PC on wheels Trower calls the iRobi Q, presented by Yujin Robot, a PC on wheels, since it has an Intel Pentium processor and 512MB of memory.

BAA may be ordered to sell one or more of its seven UK airports after the competition regulator said the operator may not best be serving the interests of airlines or passengers.

BAA may be ordered to sell one or more of its seven UK airports after the competition regulator said the operator may not best be serving the interests of airlines or passengers.

Firefighting beetle robots may help humans fight forest fires

Hamburg, Germany - Compact robots that scuttle across the landscape like enormous armour-plated beetles may one day help humans fight deadly forest fires in remote areas, according to a team of German scientists.

VH1 and Sundance Channel to Air Original Four-Part Documentary Series From Perry Films, 'Sex: The Revolution' Premiering on VH1, Monday, May 12 - Thursday, May 15 at 10pm* Each Night

VH1 and Sundance Channel to Air Original Four-Part Documentary Series From Perry Films, 'Sex: The Revolution' Premiering on VH1, Monday, May 12 - Thursday, May 15 at 10pm* Each Night

Robots: The Next Generation

For years if you told someone that you work with "industrial robots" they'd hear the "robots" part and think about something like something from Forbidden Planet or The Day the Earth Stood Still. Yet the robots you're talking about look more like something built with an Erector set. Motoman's new industrial robot looks, well, like a "robot"-yes, the humanoid kind.

Employers May Now be at Risk of Being Sued Over 401(k) Costs

RICHMOND, Va., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent Supreme Court ruling, employers may now be at risk of being sued by individual 401(k) participants. Justice John Paul Stevens ruled that ERISA "authorize[s] recovery for fiduciary breaches that impair the value of plan assets in a participant's individual account." Since excessive 401(k) fees can certainly decrease the value of a participant's plan assets, this ruling may put many employers at risk of potential lawsuits. "Part of an employer's responsibility as a plan trustee is to know the total cost of the company's 401k program and whether or not such cost is reasonable under ERISA," states David B. Loeper, CEO of Financeware, Inc. and author of Stop the 401(k) Rip-off! "Plan trustees are at risk if they cannot document that they have evaluated the total costs participants bear

Armed Robots Still in Iraq

A recent news report that armed robots had been pulled out of Iraq is mistaken, according to the company that makes the robot and the Army program manager. We linked last week to a Popular Mechanics article reporting that the armed SWORDS robots, made by Foster-Miller, has been pulled out of Iraq after several incidents when the robot's gun started swinging around without being given a command.

GRAVITY FREE Design Conference Comes to Museum of Science and Industry May 12-14

CHICAGO, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- GRAVITY FREE: 2008, a design innovation conference featuring 22 internationally known design leaders and visionaries whose work is changing the world, will meet from Monday, May 12, through Wednesday, May 14, at the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), Chicago.

LANdroid Robots to Support Communications in Urban Combat

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing an array of 'intelligent mini-robots' called LANdroids, designed to operate in communications challenged areas, non-line-of sight (NLOS), conditions with extensive multipath, noise and interference, commonly encountered in dense urban environments. Operating in these conditions, multiple LANdroid robots will establish and extend communications support to forward elements as well as support other unmanned systems. In March 2008 DARPA awarded iRobot a contract to develop a ground communications relay robot as part of the LANdroids program. The agency is expected to award additional contracts to other developers to pursue parallel developments. The program will cover the development of the robotic platform, communications systems and control software.

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