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01/03/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Taking orders from the cat: Scientists have created an AI cat robot to keep the elderly company and remind them to take their medication

Are robotic cats set to become the next big thing in elderly care? Scientists from Brown University seem to think so. In collaboration with toymaker giant Hasbro, the team is working on imbuing the company’s line of “Joy for All” robotic cat toys with artificial intelligence. Through this, the team hopes to transform the toys from […]

06/14/2016 / By Greg White

Autonomous robot sews pig intestine better than human surgeons

Would you trust a surgeon or a robot with your life? Recent events suggest you should prefer the latter. A piece of technology known as the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) did a better job at stitching a pig’s small intestines than human surgeons who performed the same task. The creators of STAR do not […]

06/10/2016 / By Greg White

The robot you can EAT: Origami machine unfolds itself in the stomach to repair damage or remove swallowed objects

Researchers from MIT have created a small, swallowable robot to help fix internal wounds, administer medicine and remove objects from the stomach that have been accidentally ingested by children. The researchers presented their work at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, which follows in the foot trails of a string of papers on origami […]

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